Supreme Court of India
Jaswant Singh & Ors v. The State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the petitioner’s application for remission should be re-considered.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure 1973: s. 432(2) – Grant of Remission – Requirement of s. 432(2) – Held: Presiding Judge must give adequate reasons while giving an opinion u/s. 432(2) – On facts, three convicts, out of a total of eight, submitted their respective applications for premature release but the same was refused– Held:The said orders should have contained adequate reasons after taking into consideration the relevant factors that govern the grant of remission as laid down in Laxman Naskar’s case applications for remission – Issuance of direction to the Special Judge to reconsider the…
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