Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 999 · Decided 15 May 2015
Shabnam v. State of U. P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 999 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 943
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 802/2015
- Decided
- 15 May 2015
- Bench
- H.L. DATTU, S.A. BOBDE, ARUN MISHRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 354(3)
Headnote
943 SHABNAM V. STATE OF U. P. (Criminal Appeal Nos. 802-803 of 2015) MAY 15, 2015 [H. L. DATTU, CJI., S. A. BOBDE AND ARUN MISHRA,JJ.] A B Sentence/Sentencing- Death penalty- For the murder C of seven persons of her own family including a 10 months old child - Propriety of- Held: Life Sentence inadequate D punishment- The aggravating circumstances in the present case vii. victims of the crime, motive for commission of murder, manner of execution, magnitude of crime and remorseless attitude of the accused, outweigh the mitigating circumstances i.e. young age of the accused and
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