Supreme Court of India

Nirmal Singh and Anr. v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [1999] 2 S.C.R. 1
Bench G.B. Pattanaik and M.B. Shah JJ.
Decided 18 March 1999

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Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 302134-Murder-Punishment-Death Sentence-Rarest of rare cases-Individual role played by the accused persons-Considerations of-Murder of 5 members of a family of a witness whose evidence was responsible for the conviction of accused in a prior rape case-Accused had threatened during the trial of rape case that witness deposing against him would have to face dire consequences-Accused killing all the five persons of the family by means of a kulhari-Nature of injuries indicated that the act of accused was an act of depraved mind and was most brutal and heinous in

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