Punishment for murder under Section 302 IPC is:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. Section 302 IPC: 'Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.'
2. In Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab (1980), the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty for murder and articulated the 'rarest of rare' doctrine.
3. Machhi Singh v. State of Punjab (1983) elaborated the categories of 'rarest of rare'.
4. Section 303 IPC (mandatory death for life-convicts who murder) was struck down in Mithu v. State of Punjab, AIR 1983 SC 473.
5. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — IPC, Section 302; Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1980 SC 898_
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