Case brief
What is this about?
Life imprisonment; Section 302 I.P.C.; special leave petition dismissed; open prisons Uttar Pradesh; prison reform directions; wages for prisoners; family visits; annual parole; decriminalisation and rehabilitation of convicts; recidivism; restorative sentencing; Krishna Iyer sentencing directions; Supreme Court Rules 1966 Order XLVII Rule 6; SLP (Crl.) No. 202 of 1979; Allahabad High Court Criminal Appeal No. 1962/74; decision dated 16-07-1979; bench V. R. Krishna Iyer and A. P. Sen, JJ.
What did the court decide?
Special leave petition dismissed; the conviction under section 302 I.P.C. and the sentence of life imprisonment upheld as beyond interference, with reformative directions issued to the State Government and prison authorities regarding open-prison placement, employment with wages, family contact and annual parole. ¶¶40