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Death penalty

The capital punishment for murder was abolished by the murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act, 1965 and a sentence of life imprisonment substituted, Dictionary of Law, L.B. Curzon, 4th Edn., 1993, p. 53 [Murder (Abolition of Death

Those convicted of offences under

Those convicted of offences under, mean those convicted and are undergoing sentence imposed consequent to such conviction, Bhagwat Sharma v. State of Madhya Pradesh, 1995 Jab LJ 335.

convict

offense [was ed of fraud] compare acquit [kÄ n-vikt] n : a person convicted of and serving a sentence for a crime

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Capital punishment

admit within the prison.'-Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law,' where see the Rules of 1888 under the Act. See SENTENCE OF DEATH. The mode in the United Kingdom is hanging, but for high treason the Crown may alter

judgment of conviction

written record of a criminal judgment, consisting of the plea, the verdict or findings, the adjudication, and the sentence. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 847

sentence

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Sentence

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Sentence of a Court

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The sentence imposed

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Sentence of death, Recording of

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