Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 346 · Decided 1 September 1994
Amrutlal Someshwar Joshi v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 346 · [1994] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 23
- Case number
- REVIEW PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 999/1994
- Decided
- 1 September 1994
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
B Indian Penal Code, 1860: Section 302. Murder-Death Penalty-Award of-Age as mitigating factor-Held there is no inflexible rule that accused aged 17 or 18 should never be awarded C death sentence-Age of accused on date of occu"ence-Accused giving vague and differing statements as .to his age The petitioner, who killed three pe£"sons including a child aged about D three years in a brutal and diabolical manner with a view to committing robbery, was convicted by the Trial Court under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to death. The conviction and
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