Report No. 35
Appendix XLIII
India-Analysis of Sentences Passed by Sessions Judges in Capital Cases (In Certain States) (Based on Selected Decisions)
Analysis for the period from 1957 to 1%0 in respect of Death Sentence, or Life Imprisonment passed by the Sessions Courts in certain States and the decisions of the respective High Courts on appeal etc.
(Prepared on the basis of certain reported decisions, and illustrative only)
State |
Sessions Court |
High Court |
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1. |
Andhra Pradesh |
Death Sentence |
14 |
2 acquitted |
3 life imprisonment |
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9 reduction of sentence |
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Life Imprisonment |
8 |
5 acquitted |
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1 confirmed |
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2 reduction of sentence |
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2. |
Assam |
Life Imprisonment |
1 |
1 confirmed |
3. |
Bihar (Patna) |
Death Sentence |
2 |
1 confirmed |
*1 altered to life imprisonment |
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Life Imprisonment |
5 |
2 confirmed |
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3 reduction of sentence |
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4. |
Bombay (Maharashtra) |
Death Sentence |
2 |
2 changed to life imprisonment |
Life Imprisonment |
4 |
3 confirmed |
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1 acquitted |
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5. |
Gujarat (1960) |
Nil |
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6. |
Kerala |
Death Sentence |
4 |
3 confirmed |
1 changed to life imprisonment |
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Life Imprisonment |
7 |
5 confirmed |
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1 reduction of sentence |
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1 acquitted |
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7. |
Madras |
Death Sentence |
8 |
2 confirmed |
1 acquitted |
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5 changed to life imprisonment |
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Life imprisonment |
4 |
1 confirmed |
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1 reduction of sentence |
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2 acquitted |
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8. |
Orissa |
Life Imprisonment |
3 |
2 acquitted |
1 reduction of sentence |
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9. |
Punjab |
Death Sentence |
1 |
1 altered to imprisonment |
Life Imprisonment |
1 |
1 confirmed |
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10. |
Rajasthan |
Life Imprisonment |
4 |
4 confirmed |
Acquitted |
2 |
2 life imprisonment |
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11. |
Uttar Pradesh |
Death Sentence |
17 |
8 confirmed |
5 altered to life imprisonment |
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4 acquitted |
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Life Imprisonment |
22 |
19 confirmed |
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1 reduction of sentence |
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2 acquited |
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12. |
West Bengal |
Nil |
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Note.-'Gujarat' has been left unnumbered in the Report published by the Law Commission. Therefore, the total number of entries in this list is shown in that Report as 11.
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