Supreme Court of India
Prem Sagar v. Dharambir and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result, Criminal Appeal no. 242/2003 is allowed to the extent of acquittal so far as accused-Karambir is concerned, but conviction of C accused-Dharambir is affirmed.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : Section-302-Murder-Death sentence-Imposition of-Principles Held : Brutality in inbuilt in every murder but in case of every murder, death sentence is not imposed-Life imprisonment is the rule and death sentence is the exception-The latter is imposed in rarest of rare cases. The appellants along with their two real brothers and mo~her, in ·an six accused, were charge-sheeted ror the murder of three persons. The first two appellants were awarded the death sentence by the trial court while the third appellant was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life. In appeal, the High
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