Life Imprisonment

Punit Gupta (Querist) 08 November 2010 This query is : Resolved
what is the limit of imprisonment in a Life sentence?
is it 14 years or what..?

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s.subramanian (Expert) 08 November 2010
whole life.

Punit Gupta (Querist) 08 November 2010
thanking you very much S.Subramanian Sir.
with regards..

G. ARAVINTHAN (Expert) 08 November 2010
Not defined under the Indian Penal Code.
Even the same was not defined in General Clauses Act

Guest (Expert) 08 November 2010
Life imprisionment literally mean imprisionment for remaining life but section 57 of Indian Penal Code 1860 laid down that "In calculatuing fraction of terms of punishment imprisionment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisionment for TWENTY YEARS. And section 55 of Indian Penal Code 1860 empowers the appropriate government to commute the sentence of imprisionment for life to imprisionment of either description for a term not exceeding FOURTEEN YEARS.

Arvind Singh Chauhan (Expert) 09 November 2010
Mr. Naresh has defined well.

Advocate. Arunagiri (Expert) 09 November 2010
Mr.Naresh had given a very good clarification. Yet it is not mandatory to release the life convict after 14 years or 20 years.

Kirti Kar Tripathi (Expert) 09 November 2010
i agree with Arun. it not mandatory to release the life convict after 14 or 29 years. the latest judgment in this regards refers the term life impresionment means whole life.

Vinod kashyap (Expert) 09 November 2010
Yes, SC held that LI means whole life.

Punit Gupta (Querist) 09 November 2010
thanking to all the experts...
with regards...

pawan sharma (Expert) 09 November 2010
Yes, Apex Court held it LI means impresonment for whole life,
dear Naresh ji it is a fractinos of the terms of penalties.

Uma parameswaran (Expert) 09 November 2010
yes.It is whole life.

Punit Gupta (Querist) 10 November 2010
dear experts,
thanks for ur valuable responses.

O. Mahalakshmi (Expert) 11 November 2010
Previously 20 years with remission it will be reduced to 14 years. But in the recent developments LI became for whole life. Really it is very good development.