In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to commute the death sentence of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana to life imprisonment on the ground of long pendency.
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence awarded to a convict by the trial court in a double murder case to life imprisonment without remission for a period of 40 years from.
Supreme Court observed that in giving an opinion on remission of a sentence under Section 432(2), CrPC, the sentencing court must give adequate reasons.
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