Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 261 · Decided 14 May 1999
Sri Mahendra Nath Das @ Sri Gobind Das v. State of Assam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 261 · [1999] 3 S.C.R. 729
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 700/1998
- Decided
- 14 May 1999
- Bench
- S.S.M. QUADRI, D.P. MOHAPATRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
B ··Criminal 'Procedure Code, 1973-Section 345(3)-Death sentence­ Power to award-Conviction for offence of murder-Murder committed was . extremely gruesome, heinous, cold blooded 'and cruel-manner of committing the crime was atrocious and shocking-Giving blows with a sword, police station with the blood dripping weapon-Rarest of rare cases­ Declining to confirm death sentence with stultify law and justice. The appellant was found guilty of offence u/s-302 IPC, for killing D deceas.ed by giving blows with sward and when the deceased fell down, the appellant
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