Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 156 · Decided 9 May 1988
Moorthy v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 156 · [1988] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 222
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 317/1988
- Decided
- 9 May 1988
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, L.M. SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 84
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860: Section 302-Appellant convicted of murder of lady and son-Death sentence by trial court-Confirmed by High Court-Courts below-Whether right in imposing death penalty-­ Mitigating circumstances-Unfortunate relationship between deceased, C an elderly lady and appellant, picturising violence seen by appellant-Supreme Court converting death sentence to life imprisonment. The prosecution case was: The appellant, who was working under D P.W.l, developed intimacy with P.W.l's wife. However, on being found out hy her daughter, P. W .2, the wife was forced to terminate
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