JAGDISH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE two applications have been filed, one for grant of leave to appeal to the Supreme Court from the judgment of this Court dated 29th November, 1985 rejecting the appeal of the accused-Jagdish and enhancing the sentence from life imprisonment to death sentence and the second one, is for suspension of execution of sentence of death.

(2.) ON November 29, 1985, we have rejected the appeal of the accused -Jagdish and enhanced the sentence of life imprisonment to the sentence of death, for committing the offence under S. 302 I. P. C. on the proved allegations that he burnt his wife, Smt. Chand, alive by pouring kerosene oil on her body and setting fire.

(3.) SINCE we have already grant a certificate and in pursuance of that certificate, Hon'ble the Supreme Court would be considering the appeal against the judgment dated the 29th November, we 1985 think it just and proper to postpone the execution of the sentence of death for the period of 60 days from today. Consequently, the execution of sentence of death against Jagdish-appellant is postponed for a period of sixty days from today.