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Presented by: Dr. Atmaram Shelke

Jagmohan Singh v. State of UP AIR 1973 SC 947

Bench: Sikri,
Sikri, S.M., Ray, A.N., Dua,
Dua, I.D., Palekar,
Palekar,
D.G., Beg, M. Hameedullah

-136

Art. 14, 19, 21

Right to live –basic –to enjoyment of all other freedom

Right to live-
live cannot be denied =unless
unless –it is reasonable &
in Public interest

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Argued:
Argued Procedure =Guilty
Guilty-procedure
Guilty for-factors
factors
& Circumstances=
Circumstances for making choice

Held 35th Law Commission –default say- capital

Held:
Punishment =unreasonable
unreasonable & not in public
interest= procedural safeguards – Cr. P. C.
C

Discretion –record
record all relevant factors –
aggravating & mitigating circumstances= reason

=Not possible to laid down standards

Rajendra Prasad v. State of UP AIR 1979 SC

916:

Special Reason –

Not relate to crime but criminal

Crime may be shocking and yet criminal may

not deserve death penalty- extreme penalty
can be invoked only in extreme situations

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Bachan Singh v. Punjab – AIR 1980 SC 898

Alternative Punishment -302=is

is not unreasonable/is in
the public interest

Does not violate-ethos

violate of Article 19

Offences do not attract -19- as these laws not having

direct impact on -19

=Only
Only “direct
direct and inevitable consequences”
consequences
-not
not merely –incidental,
incidental, indirect, remote or collateral
collatera

-Deprivation
Deprivation from freedom…order
freedom order of conviction not
“direct
direct or inevitable consequences of law= incidental”

-No
No right conferred under article 19-
19 confers freedom –
murder
21-
21- Procedure under Cr. P. C=not
not unreasonable …

Extremely exception situation =“Rarest

“Rarest of rare”

Machhi Singh v. Punjab-

Punjab- AIR 1983 SC 947

Grave cases of extreme culpability

Rarest of rare cases

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