Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 168 · Decided 22 April 1994
Anshad and ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 168 · [1994] 3 S.C.R. 642
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 47/1994
- Decided
- 22 April 1994
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, FAIZAN UDDIN (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 411; CrPC Section 354(3), 235(2); Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
Criminal Procedure Code 1973-S.354(3)-Death sentence-Death by strangulation of two persons while committing robbery, and causing injuries to others-High Court referring to the aggravating circumstances and to the c decisions of this Court and abrnptly concluding that sentence of death be not ignore the mitigating cir- cumstances-Death sentence, being exception to general role, to be awarded in 11rarest of rare 11 cases Jo~ '1special reasons!! after balancing aggravating and D mitigating circumstances-Considering mitigating circumstances, death sen- tence awarded by High Court
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