{"id":104492,"date":"1987-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1987-09-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/damji-vs-state-of-gujarat-and-ors-on-24-september-1987"},"modified":"2016-11-01T04:16:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T22:46:13","slug":"damji-vs-state-of-gujarat-and-ors-on-24-september-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/damji-vs-state-of-gujarat-and-ors-on-24-september-1987","title":{"rendered":"Damji vs State Of Gujarat And Ors. on 24 September, 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Damji vs State Of Gujarat And Ors. on 24 September, 1987<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: JT 1987 (4) SC 70, 1990 Supp (1) SCC 143<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: A Sen<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: A Sen, B Ray<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>A.P. Sen, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. By an order dated January 3, 1985, the State Government of Maharashtra, in exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-section(1) of Section 432 of the CrPC, 1973, purported to remit that portion of the sentence of imprisonment, which is in excess of 20 years of total imprisonment, including all remissions, in the case of the petitioner undergoing imprisonment for life on his conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, subject to his good behaviour and conduct in prison. The impugned order declining to give to the petitioner the benefit of premature release does not disclose any reasons. Presumably, the Government was misled that the case of the petitioner is governed by Section 433-A of the Code. According to the decision of this Court in Maru Ram etc. v. Union of India , the provision contained in Section 433-A of the Code is not applicable in those cases where the conviction was recorded prior to December 18, 1978 i.e. the date on which Section 433-A was introduced by the CrPC (Amendment) Act, 1978.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. We must accordingly allow the petition, and issue a direction to the State Government to reconsider and dispose of the application made by the petitioner for premature release within a period of four weeks from today. It shall be open to the Government to come to its own decision as to whether the benefit of premature release should be extended to the petitioner or not, having regard to all the attendant facts and circumstances of the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Damji vs State Of Gujarat And Ors. on 24 September, 1987 Equivalent citations: JT 1987 (4) SC 70, 1990 Supp (1) SCC 143 Author: A Sen Bench: A Sen, B Ray ORDER A.P. Sen, J. 1. 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