"To be hanged" does not mean "To be hanged till death"- argued his lawyer.
This is an old story. In early days penal code described death punishment as "To be hanged"
A convict was sentenced to be hanged.
He was taken to the gallows. When he was about to be hanged, his lawyer took objection to Jailor.
He said, "Warrant issued by court only permits you to hang my client, but not to kill him..... You can hang him. But you cannot kill him or hang him to the death. If you do so, you may be held guilty of murdering my client.
Jailor looked again at warrant. It only said that "Convict was to be hanged"... It did not say that convict was "To be hanged till death".
Rumours say that there after law was amended and words "to be hanged till death" were added.
This is how the story is heard.
Haresh Raichura
15/9/13
