Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 194 · Decided 22 April 1998
Govindasami v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 194 · [1998] 2 S.C.R. 1135
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 900/1997
- Decided
- 22 April 1998
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, S.S.M. QUADRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 379
Headnote
B Indian Penal Code, 1860 : S.302-Accused committing murder of his uncle and four other members of his family-Circumstantial evidence-Discarded by trail court-Accused C acquitted-High Court reversed the-acquittal-Convicted the accused­ Found the circumstances leading to guilt of accused were asleep-Nature and manner in which crime was committed found to be gruesome, heinous, atrocious and cold-blooded D murder-Imposition of death sentence on accused by High Court-Upheld­ Record does not indicate any extenuating or mitigating circumstances in favour of
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