Minimum punishment for murder under Section 302 IPC is life imprisonment: Supreme Court

A Bench of Justices MR Shah and Krishna Murari ruled that reducing a life sentence in a murder case to the period already undergone in prison, was contrary to Section 302 of IPC.

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05 Sep 2022, 4:39 am

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The Supreme Court on Friday reiterated that for the offence of murder, giving any punishment less than a life sentence would be contrary to Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) [The State of Madhya Pradesh vs Nandu @ Nandua].

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Supreme Court of India

Murder

Section 302

Life Imprisonment

section 302 IPC