Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 1031 · Decided 1 November 2018
Babasaheb Maruti Kamble v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 1031 · [2018] 13 S.C.R. 1154
- Case number
- REVIEW PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 388/2015
- Decided
- 1 November 2018
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, ASHOK BHUSHAN, INDIRA BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 376(2)(f), 342; Constitution Article 137
Headnote
Sentence/Sentencing: Death sentence - Award of, by courts below - Special Leave Petition filed thereagainst - Dismissed in limine with one word - Review petition filed against - Held: When death sentence is rare, there has to be an independent examination by this Court also, 'unbound by the findings of the trial court and the High Court' - Such approach is the 'time- honoured practice of this Court' - Thus, special leave
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