Here are my own reasons in support of that conclusion: The question whether prolonged delay renders death sentence inexecutable and entitles the accused to demand the alternate sentence of life imprisonment has arisen amid the diversity of judicial decisions in (i) T.V. Vaitheeswaran vs State of Tamil Nadu, ; (ii) Sher Singh vs State of Punjab; , ; and (iii) Javed Ahmed Abdul Hamid Pawala vs State of Maharashtra, ; Vaitheeswarn case was decided by a two Judge Bench, where Chinnappa Reddy, J. said (at 359): "We find no impediment in holding that the dehumanising factor of prolonged delay in the execution of a sentence of death has the constitutional implication of depriv ing a person of his life in an unjust, unfair and unreasonable way as to offend the consti tutional guarantee that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.