Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 853 · Decided 22 July 2008
Swamy Shraddananda @ Murali Manohar Mishra v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 853 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 93
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 454/2006
- Decided
- 22 July 2008
- Bench
- B.N. AGRAWAL, G.S. SINGHVI, AFTAB ALAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201, 45, 53, 54, 55, 57; CrPC Section 432, 433, 433A
Headnote
Sentence/Sentencing: A B Death penalty/Life imprisonment - Cold blooded mur- C der of wife - Circumstantial evidence - Conviction and death sentence by trial court and High court - Supreme Court up­ holding conviction - Difference of opinion as regards sen­ tence- Reference to Larger the sentence - Held: The murder was planned and cold blooded and for highly D depraved motive - But in view of certain facts of the case and in view of larger issues such as inept criminal justice system and want of uniformity in the sentencing process by the Courts etc., death penalty substituted
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