CAN LIFE SENTENCE BE REDUCED BY GIVING BENEFIT OF RIGHT TO PRIVATE DEFENCE WHILE MAINTAINING MURDER CONVICTION ? : SC ISSUES NOTICE The Supreme Court might examine this issue in a special leave petition filed by the State of Madhya Pradesh against a Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment. In this case, the trial Court (in the year 1995) convicted Nandu @ Nandua and other accused for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 323 and 302/34 of the IPC and sentenced him to undergo life imprisonment. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (in the year 2019) confirmed the conviction of the accused, but partly allowed the appeal by reducing the sentence imposed on Nandu to that already undergone by him. Reddy and Reddy Law Firm with the Team of Experts working exclusively in litigation and with the positive approach towards the Criminal Law.