Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 392 · Decided 8 May 2015
Purushotiam Dashrath Borate &ANR. v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 392 · [2015] 5 S.C.R. 1112
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1439/2015
- Decided
- 8 May 2015
- Bench
- H.L. DATTU, S.A. BOBDE, ARUN MISHRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
c Penal Code, 1860: ss;302, 376(2)(g), 364 and 404 rlw s. 120-8 - Rape and murder- Victim-deceased girl working in night shift and commuted in cab hired by the company - On fateful day, accused driver alongwith co-accused committed her rape and murder - Conviction based on D of death sentence - Accused-appellants seeking commutation of sentence - Held: The extreme depravity with which the deceased girl was done to death coupled with the other factors including the position of trust held by accused driver would tilt balance E between aggravating and mitigating
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