Supreme Court of India

Om Prakash v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [1999] 1 S.C.R. 794

Bench K.T. Thomas J.

Decided 22 February 1999

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t ' ·-Oiminal Law : .. - Penal Code, 1860 : Section 302. c Gmesome mu"rde,.._!'Rarest of rare' cases-Death sentenc.e ot imprison- ment for life-Adequacy of-Mental state of accusedt-Consideration of-f'er- sistent disputes over a small house between two neighbours led to the gmesome murder of seven persons-Murder committed with pre-meditation and in a well-thought out manner-Accused was mentally disturbed due to constant harassment and humiliation of his f amity members by the deceased . ' persons who were rich and influential-No protection given to accused despite repeated written

Authorities it was built on

1995 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Shyamsunder Trivedi and Ors. cited by 20

Where later benches applied it

2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. relied on
2014 Anil @ Anthony Arikswamy Joseph v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2019 Manoharan v. State by Inspector of Police, Variety Hall Police Station, Coimbatore referred to
2012 Absar Alam @ Afsar Alam v. State of Bihar referred to

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