Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 280 · Decided 27 February 2009
State of U.P. v. Sattan @ Satyendra & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 280 · [2009] 3 S.C.R. 643
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 314/2001
- Decided
- 27 February 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Sentence/Sentencing: c Imposition of sentence - Determining factors - Discussed. ,.. Death sentence - Murder of six members of a family t including helpless women and children in a brutal manner - D Held: Case falls under rarest of rare category - High Court effed in altering sentence - Criminal law - Doctrine of proportionality - Administration of criminal justice - Penal Code, 1860 - s.302. Penal Code, 1860: E s.302 - Acquittal by High Court - State's appeal - Held: " Evidence of involvement of acquitted accused not free from doubt- High Court was right in
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