Supreme Court of India

Surja Ram v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 783
Bench G.N. Ray and G.T. Nanavati JJ.
Decided 25 September 1996

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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 wife and daughter-Attack by accused, in cool and calculated manner, in dead hours of night when his victims were asleep-Absence of provocation immediately before or even proximately before the murders-ConvictiOn by trial court-Death sentence 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. Sentenc~Accused

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