Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1113 · Decided 25 September 1996
Surja Ram v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1113 · [1996] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 783
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1727/1996
- Decided
- 25 September 1996
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 450
Headnote
B Indian Penal Code, 1960: Ss. 302 and 307-Accused committed murder of his brother, brother's two minor sons and his aunt-Attempted to commit murder of his brother's C wife and daughter-Attack by accused, in cool and calculated manner, in dead hours of night when his victims were asleep-Absence of passed by trial court confirmed by High Court-Held-Crime committed by accused falls in categ01y of rarest of rare cases for which extreme penalty of death is fully justified. D Sentenc~Accused committed four murders of his relations in cool and calculated manne~eld, for deciding to award just
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