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Home Dictionary Name: definitive sentence Page: 2Being under sentence of life imprisonment
Being under sentence of life imprisonment, means it would be limited to a sentence which has become final, absolute and indivisible so far as judicial process is concerned. In a broad sense, it may also include a sentence which has not become final, but is being impeached or is still liable to be impeached by way of appeal or revision or other mode known to law, Dilip Kumar Sharma v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1976 SC 133: (1976) 2 SCR 289: (1976) 1 SCC 560. [Penal Code (45 of 1860), s. 303]...
Prisoner under sentence of death
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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Pass sentence according to law
Pass sentence according to law, the power of the appellate court to pass a sentence must be measured by the power of the court from whose judgment an appeal has been brought before it, Jagat Bahadur v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1986 SC 945 (947). [Cr PC 1898, s. 423 (1) and 31(1)]...
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