Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 491 · Decided 9 August 2010
Atbir v. GOVT. of N.C.T. of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 491 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 993
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 870/2006
- Decided
- 9 August 2010
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860: s. 302134 - Triple Murder - Conviction by courts below on the basis of dying declaration and the motive for murder - One accused sentenced to death C while the other sentenced to life imprisonment - On appeal, held: Dying declaration of one of the deceased is reliable and proved motive - Conviction imposed is justified """ As regards the accused who inflicted the injuries, death sentence is just as D his act was barbaric and inhuman - It is a gravest case of extreme culpability and rarest of rare case - Sentence I . Sentencing - Death sentence -
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