Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 520 · Decided 5 December 2002
Om Prakash @ Raja v. State of Uttaranchal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 520 · [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 623
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 824/2002
- Decided
- 5 December 2002
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, P. VENKATARAMA REDDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: A B Section 302-Multiple murder-Death sentence-Rarest of rare case­ Accused-domestic servant ghastly attacking the entire family of employer- C Committing murder of three out of four inmates of house single handedly with different weapons-Also attempting to murder the fourth Held: circumstances and events unfolded by the evidence of survivor incompatible with the innocence of accused and murder cleverly pre-planned and committed D in brutal and diabolical manner-Hence conviction and death sentence confirmed. Motive-Held, lack of sufficient motive cannot be the
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