Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 522 · Decided 20 November 2012
Sangeet & ANR. v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 522 · [2012] 13 S.C.R. 85
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 490/2011
- Decided
- 20 November 2012
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 148, 45, 149; CrPC Section 354(3), 432, 433A; Constitution; Arms Act Section 1959
Headnote
Sentence/Sentencing: A B Death sentence - Award of - By courts below - On Conviction under provisions of /PC - On appeal held: In the C facts of the case and in view of the uncertainty as to whether the punishment should be life imprisonment or death sentence, death sentence is reduced to sentence Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 307, 148. D Death sentence - Grant of - Approach of court - Approach of aggravating and mitigating circumstances while granting death sentence needs a fresh look - Such approach was not endorsed in *Bachan Singh's case, but still it is adopted by courts - Aggravating
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