Supreme Court of India

Shahjad Ali@ali Ur Rehman v. The State of Uttarakhand

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Bench Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi JJ.
Decided 6 May 2026

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We are of the considered opinion that the ends of justice would be adequately met by commuting the sentence of death to imprisonment for life which shall enure to a fixed term of 25 (twenty-five) years without remission.

Judgment, page 39

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