Supreme Court of India

Kartar Singh and Others v. State of Haryana through Inspector General of Prison, Chandigarh

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Bench V.D. Tulzapurkar, Baharul Lslam and R.B. Misra JJ.
Decided 26 August 1982

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Criminal Procedure Code-s. 428-App/icability to persons sentenced to imprisonment for life-construction of . Under s. 428. Cr. P. ., an accused perSQn sentenced to imprisonment for c a term is entitled to set oft' bis under-trial period of detention against the sen- tence imposed upon him. The petitioners were life-convicts undergoing sentence in different Jails in Haryana. Under _para 516- of the Punjab/Haryalla Jail Manual they were entitled to be considered for premature release on their completing 8-1/2 years of ·substantive impri~onment and 14 years of imprisonment including remissions.

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