Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 462 · Decided 1 May 1997
Krishan v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 462 · [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1156
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 91/1997
- Decided
- 1 May 1997
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, K. VENKATASWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 161
Headnote
v. STATE OF HARYANA MAY 1, 1997 B [M.K. MUKHERJEE AND K. VENKATASWAMI, JJ.) Indian Penal Code, 1866: Ss.302-Murder-Accused while undergoing /if e imprisonment imposed C upon him in an earlier murder case, committed murder of his brother-in-law, an under-triaf-Trial court convicted the accused of imposition of sentence of death but that cannot be the sole basis for such sentence as all other factors relating to the D commission of the crime including motive, manner and magnitude have also to be taken into consideration-The instant case, in the circumstances, is not one of the
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