Life imprisonment
Prashant Kumar Jha
(Querist) 11 May 2008
This query is : Resolved
Now a days what is the provision of life punishment. Is it for till alive.pl quote the judgments regarding this of Hon'ble Supreme Court.
Prashant Jha
Manish Singh
(Expert) 16 May 2008
Refer this Judgment
Md. Munna vs Union of India & Ors.,SC 2005
SANJAY DIXIT
(Expert) 18 June 2008
'Imprisonment for life' means, such a sentence should be treated as whole of the remaining period of the convict's natural life and not 14 years or 20 years in jail.
There is no provision either in the Indian Penal Code or in the Code of Criminal Procedure whereby life imprisonment could be treated as 14 years or 20 years without there being a formal revision by the government.
The imprisonment for life was a class of punishment different from ordinary punishment which could be of two descriptions namely, 'rigorous' or 'simple'.
