https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174504 Capital punishment for murder was upheld as constitutionally valid: penal provisions prescribing death do not, in their true character, infringe Article 19, and Article 21 permits deprivation of life by fair, just and reasonable procedure established by law. Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code was therefore sustained. Section 354(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure was also upheld because it makes life imprisonment the normal rule, treats death as exceptional, and requires recorded special reasons. The sentencing framework was approved as judicially guided and individualized, with death reserved for the gravest cases of extreme culpability after consideration of the crime and the criminal. en-us Fri, 09 May 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:54:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174504 Capital punishment for murder was upheld as constitutionally valid: penal provisions prescribing death do not, in their true character, infringe Article 19, and Article 21 permits deprivation of life by fair, just and reasonable procedure established by law. Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code was therefore sustained. Section 354(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure was also upheld because it makes life imprisonment the normal rule, treats death as exceptional, and requires recorded special reasons. The sentencing framework was approved as judicially guided and individualized, with death reserved for the gravest cases of extreme culpability after consideration of the crime and the criminal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 09 May 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174504