Supreme Court of India
Om Prakash @ Raja v. State of Uttaranchal
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What the Court ordered
In view of the foregoing discussion, we affirm the conviction of the appellant-accused under Section 302 !PC. The question then is about the sentence.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: Section 302-Multiple murder-Death sentence-Rarest of rare case Accused-domestic servant ghastly attacking the entire family of employer- Committing murder of three out of four inmates of house single handedly with different weapons-Also attempting to murder the fourth inmate-Convicted and sentenced to death-High Court corifirming the same-On appeal, Held: circumstances and events unfolded by the evidence of survivor incompatible with the innocence of accused and murder cleverly pre-planned and committed in brutal and diabolical manner-Hence conviction and death sentence
Where later benches applied it
- 2014 Mofil Khan & Anr. v. State of Jharkhand
- 2013 Deepak Rai v. State of Bihar
- 2011 Ajitsingh Harnamsingh Gujral v. State of Maharashtra
Of those, 3 referred to
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