The prayer in the writ petition is to the effect that the death sentence imposed on one Dhananjay Chatterjee Dhana hereinafter referred to as the accused by the Sessions Court, Alipur, West Bengal, affirmed by the Calcutta High Court and this Court, needs to be companyverted to a life sentence because there has been numberexecution of the death sentence for a long time.
Reliance was placed on a Constitution Bench decision of this Court in Smt.
