Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 431 · Decided 21 September 1999
State of U.P. v. Dharmendra Singh and ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 431 · [1999] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 52
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 982/1999
- Decided
- 21 September 1999
- Bench
- S.S.M. QUADRI, N. SANTOSH HEGDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 354(3); CrPC Section 354(3), 377(3), 386; Constitution Article 377(3), 386(c)(iii), 136
Headnote
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 I Penal Code, 1860: Section 354(3) I Section 302-Death Sentence-Murder of 5 persons ( chi(dren and elder per- . C sons) to wreak vengeanc~Attacked in the night while victims were as­ leep-Multiple injuries inflicted-Lower part of the girl's body denuded-Trial holding it to be rarest of rare cas~In appeal and death sentence reference, High Court confirmed conviction but commuted death sentence to D life imprisonment in view of the fact of respondents /anguishing in death cell for more than three years-On appeal, Held: High Court was factually
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