Supreme Court of India

Md. Munna v. Union of India and Ors.

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Bench K.G. Balakrishnan and B.N. Srikrishna JJ.
Decided 16 September 2005

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Constitution of India-Article 32-Writ of Habeas Corpus-Criminal Procedure Code 1973-West Bengal Correctional Service Act, 1992-Sec. 61 Expln.-West Bengal Jail Code-Rule 751 (c)-IPC-Sec. 55-Life Imprisonment-Meaning of-Length of-Power of prison authorities to commute sentence and release of convict-Held, there is no provision in Indian Penal Code or Cr.PC whereby life imprisonment could be treated as fourteen years or twenty years without a formal remission by appropriate Government.

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