Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 990 · Decided 9 November 2023
Madan v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 990 · [2023] 16 S.C.R. 765
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1381/2017
- Decided
- 9 November 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, B.V. NAGARATHNA, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149, 302
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Six deaths were caused on account of brutal fi ring by the appellants and other accused persons. The trial court imposed sentence of capital punishment to the appellants ('M' and 'S') herein for the off ence punishable u/s. IPC, while it sentenced accused 'I' to imprisonment for life for the same. (i) Whether the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt the case for conviction u/s. 302 of IPC; (ii) Whether the present case falls in the category of rarest of rare cases; (ii) Whether on the facts of
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