Ranjit Singh vs State Of Punjab

The Supreme Court, in overruling the judgment in Kartar Singh vs. State of Haryana, clarified that 'imprisonment for life' is equivalent to 'imprisonment for a term' under Section 428 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Court emphasized that the expressions used in the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code do not imply a strict distinction between life imprisonment and term imprisonment. Consequently, the appellant was granted the benefit of set off under Section 428, leading to a partial allowance of the appeals.