decision of the Constitutional Bench, this Court in Shiva Kumar @ Shiva @ Shivamurthy v. State of Karnataka9, has observed as follows: “14…We have no manner of doubt that even in a case where capital punishment is not imposed or is not proposed, the constitutional courts can always exercise the power of imposing a modified or fixed-term sentence by directing that a life sentence, as contemplated by “secondly” in Section 53 IPC, shall be of a fixed period of more than fourteen years, for example, of twenty years, thirty years and so on. The fixed punishment cannot be for a period less than 14 years in view of the mandate of Section 433-A Cr.PC.” 19.1. In a recent decision in Navas @ Mulanavas v. State of Kerala10, a Full Bench of this Court, after referring to the judgments in Swamy Shraddananda v. State of Karnataka11 and in V.Sriharan (supra), has emphasised that “while the maximum extent of punishment of either death or life imprisonment is provided for under the relevant