Supreme Court of India

Umashankar Panda v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [1996] 2 S.C.R. 1154
Bench Dr. As. Anand and K. Venkataswami JJ.
Decided 28 February 1996

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Criminal Law : Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302 and 307. Murder of wife and two children-Attempt to murder other three children- Provocation-Absence of-Commission of crime-Premediated one- Not due to sudden provocation or mental derangement-Held : offence grnesome, cold-blooded, heinous, atrocious and cruel -No mitigating cir­ cumstances but only aggrevating circumstances--"Rarerest of rare cases''-Death sentence imposed by courts below upheld. Epistol01y jurisdiction-Exercise of by Supreme Court-Letter Petition from convict facing death sentence-Treating of as Special Leave Peti­

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