Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 636 · Decided 2 September 2011
State of U.P. v. Alok Verma
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 636 · [2011] 11 S.C.R. 105
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 6718/2011
- Decided
- 2 September 2011
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
A B Sentence/Sentencing - Death sentence - Accused committed murder of wife and four children as also caused C injuries to another daughter with knife and,axe taking help of a hired person - Conviction by courts below on basis of the circumstantial evidencf] as also evidence of the surviving sentence awarded by the trial court modified to life sentence by High D Court - On appeal, held: On facts, the said act was a ghastly and brutal act - It falls in the category of rarest of rare cases in which death sentence should have been given - Reasoning of the High Court reducing the award
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