Supreme Court of India

Amrutlal Someshwar Joshi v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 23
Bench M.M. Punchhi and K. Jayachandra Reddy JJ.
Decided 1 September 1994

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Indian Penal Code, 1860: Section 302. Murder-Death Penalty-Award of-Age as mitigating factor-Held there is no inflexible rule that accused aged 17 or 18 should never be awarded death sentence-Age of accused on date of occu"ence-Accused giving vague and differing statements as .to his age at various stages of case-Age as per school leaving certificate relied on by Trial Courl-{]pheld. The petitioner, who killed three pe£"sons including a child aged about three years in a brutal and diabolical manner with a view to committing robbery, was convicted by the Trial Court under section 302 of the

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