Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 829 · Decided 10 November 2006
Amrit Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 829 · [2006] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 889
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1327/2005
- Decided
- 10 November 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 302; Constitution
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Sections 376 and 302-Rape and murder of minor girl-Deceased last seen together with the accused-As per medical evidence death occurred due to excessive bleeding from private parts and not due to C strangulation-Conviction for the offences and death penalty by court~ below-On offence does. not fall under rarest of rare cases-Hence death penalty not justified-In ·. view of brutality with which the offence was committed, sentence of rigorous imprisonment for life imposed D Criminal Trial-Circumstantial evidence-Last seen together theory­
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