Report No. 35
Appendix II
Analysis of Certain Illustrative Cases in Relation to the Sentence Imposed for Murder
Note.- This analysis is not intended to discuss all cases. It discusses certain illustrative cases
(i) showing how the discretion regarding death sentence has been exercised;
(ii) showing how the appellate Court has rectified injustice;
(iii) indicating the variety of situations and the numerous circumstances that have to be considered while awarding sentence; and
(iv) incidentally, showing certain other points of interest that fell to be decided.
Capital Punishment
Analysis of Case
Nominal Index
Name of the Case |
Case No. |
Amalla Koleshwara Rao (Andhra) |
101 |
Amru (East Punjab) |
58 |
Arun Kumar (Calcutta) |
100 |
Atma Singh (Punjab) |
78 |
Aung Hla (Rangoon) |
43 |
Aziz Begum (Lahore) |
52 |
Balbir Singh (Punjab) |
96 |
Bandhu (Allahabad) |
32 |
Bansi (Allahabad) |
79 |
Banwari (SC) |
23 |
Basdev (SC) |
12 |
Basu Tanti (Patna) |
86 |
Bhadu (All) |
29 |
Bhagwan Din (Oudh) |
41 |
Brij Bhukhan (SC) |
16 |
Charan Das (East Punjab) |
59 |
Dalip Singh (SC) |
3 |
Dasrath Paswan (Patna) |
91 |
Daulan (Lahore) |
34 |
Dhaulan (Lahore) |
47 |
Dukari Chandra Karmarkar (Calcutta) |
40 |
Ghulam Jannat (Lahore) |
33 |
Govindareddy (Mysore) |
90 |
Govindaswami (Madras) |
66 |
Gudder Singh (Punjab) |
68 |
Gurdev Singh (Lahore) |
56 |
Hafizullah (All) |
84 |
Harnamun (Lahore) |
38 |
Hazara Singh (Punjab) |
92 |
Joyaji (Bom) |
30 |
Kaim (Sind) |
48 |
Kalawati (SC) |
2 |
Kali (All) |
31 |
Kali Charan (Nagpur) |
57 |
Kalua (SC) |
18 |
Kanji (Rajasthan) |
67 |
(U) Kannan (Ker) |
98 |
Karmakar-See Dukari Chandra |
40 |
Katar Singh (SC) |
21 |
Katar Singh (Lahore) |
46 |
Kashmira Singh (SC) |
1 |
Kutuhal (SC) |
5 |
Khan (Cal) |
71 |
Kochan Chellayyah (Travancore-Cochin) |
63 |
Koleshwar Rao (Andhra) |
101 |
Mahabir Singh (Cal) |
54 |
Mewa (Lahore) |
51 |
Mian Gul (Lahore) |
44 |
Mizaji (SC) |
19 |
Mohan (SC) |
20 |
Miominuddi Sardar (Cal) |
49 |
Mool C. and (All) |
65 |
Muniappan (SC) |
25 |
Munirathnam (Andhra) |
76 |
Munjyandi (Madras) |
69 |
Murugian (Madras) |
87 |
Namdeo (Bom) |
74 |
Nanavati (SC) |
22 |
Narayanan (SC) |
13 |
Natesan (Madras) |
19 |
Nathu Lal (All) |
75 |
Nawab (Lahore) |
45 |
Nawab Singh (SC) |
7 |
Nirmal Jiban (Cal) |
49A |
Nisa Stree (SC) |
4 |
Palaniswami Goundan (Madras) |
62 |
Palani Mopan (Madras) |
70 |
Pandurang (SC) |
10 |
Pandurang (Bom) |
80 |
Peethambaran (Kerala) |
93 |
Piare Dusadh (FC) |
26 |
Pran Das (SC) |
6 |
Preman (Lahore) |
37 |
Prem Narain (All) |
83 |
Puttawwa (Mysore) |
95 |
Rajagopalan (FC) |
27 |
Ramautar Singh (Patna) |
81 |
Ram Singh (Lahore) |
55 |
Ram Chandra (SC) |
15A |
Ram Nath Lucknow (Oudh) |
35 |
Rangappa (Madras) |
50 |
Rishi Deo (SC) |
9 |
Sabir (All) |
73 |
Satyavir (All) |
89 |
Serajuddin (All) |
61 |
Shafi Khan (Patna) |
39 |
Shankar (Bom) |
85 |
Shivanna (Mysore) |
77 |
Shivruddrappa (Bom) |
72 |
Sunder (All) |
88 |
Sunder Singh (SC) |
11 |
Sunder Lal (SC) |
8 |
Jai Ram (Bombay) |
97 |
Talian (Lahore) |
53 |
Tara Chand (SC) |
24 |
Thannoo (All) |
94 |
Thothan (Madras) |
82 |
Tiri (Rangoon) |
42 |
Tola Ram (Lahore) |
36 |
(Uniri) Kannan (Kerala) |
98 |
Ulla (Orissa) |
60 |
Vadivelu (SC) |
17 |
Venkalu (SC) |
14 |
Vijayan (Travancore-Cochin) |
64 |
Wazir Singh (SC) |
15 |