https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2014/12/24/prisoner-is-not-under-sentence-of-death-till-the-mercy-petition-lies-pending-thus-cannot-be-placed-under-solitary-confinement-after-being-sentenced-to-death-by-the-sessions-court/
Prisoner is not ‘under sentence of death' till the Mercy Petition lies pending, thus cannot be placed under solitary confinement after being sentenced to death by the Sessions Court