Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 939 · Decided 8 September 2022
The State of Haryana v. Anand Kindo & ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 939 · [2022] 7 S.C.R. 337
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1797/2010
- Decided
- 8 September 2022
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, ABHAY S. OKA, VIKRAM NATH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Sentence/Sentencing - Murder committed for greed of money by trusted employees of an aged couple while they were sleeping - Trial Court awarded the death sentence u/s.302 IPC to accused persons - High Court interfered with sentencing and imposed life sentence - On appeal, murder for gain and greed by somebody who was in a position of trust with the family - The two victims were aged people who engaged one of the convicts to look after them and paid appropriate emoluments - Battering two sleeping people beyond recognition who imposed trust in their
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