STATE OF KARNATAKA v. KRISHNA ALIAS RAJU

Citation: [1987] 1 S.C.R. 1103

Court: Supreme Court of India

Bench: A.P. SEN, S. NATARAJAN

Case summary

It is not as if the respondent had been charged or convicted for a grave offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life and his fate had remained in suspense for a long time and as a consequence thereof, he had undergone mental agony and torment for a long period of time.

Judgment text

It is not as if the respondent had been charged or convicted for a grave offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life and his fate had remained in suspense for a long time and as a consequence thereof, he had undergone mental agony and torment for a long period of time.