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Prisoner under sentence of death, the expression 'prisoner under sentence of death' can only mean the prisoner whose sentence of death has become final and conclusive and indefeasible which cannot be annulled or voided by any judicial or con-stitutional procedure. Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1978 SC 1675 (1730): (1979) 1 SCR 392: (1978) 4 SCC 494. [Prisons Act, 1894, s. 30 (2)]

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