Decision that commutation under section 55, India Penal Code of a sentence of transportation for life passed on a prisoner by a military court is ultra vires. Case of Gheba Khan who was originally sentenced to death by Court Martial and his sentence subsequently committed to transportation for life.

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File No./Reference No./Sheet No./Folio No. Progs., Nos. 3/9, 1934
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