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The Supreme Court of India has struck down the punishment of death when a prisoner commits murder while…

In Mithu v. State of Punjab, the Supreme Court struck down IPC section 303, which mandated the death penalty for murder committed by a person already under sentence of life…

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The Supreme Court of India has struck down the punishment of death when a prisoner commits murder while under the sentence for life in the case of

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In Mithu v. State of Punjab, the Supreme Court struck down IPC section 303, which mandated the death penalty for murder committed by a person already under sentence of life imprisonment, as unconstitutional for denying judicial discretion in sentencing.

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