Supreme Court of India

Om Prakash @ Raja v. State of Uttaranchal

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Reported as [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 623
Decided 5 December 2002

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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

Of those, 3 referred to

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