Supreme Court of India
Mayakaur Baldevsingh Sardar and Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that in the peculiar circumstances that we now face we are not inclined to reverse the life sentences awarded by the High Court and to re-impose the death penalty on the accused.
Judgment, page 20
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860-s. 302134-Prosecutionfor murder and attempt to murder-Members of parental family causing death of the c members of matrimonial family of the injured eye-l-Yitness-Motive for the assault being eye-witness marrying a person.from lower caste- Severe injuries sustained by the eye-witness-As per medical evidence she was under tremendous shock-Disclosure of the names of the accused after eight days of the incident-Arrest of the accused much before the disclosure-One of the accused not belonging to the parental family of the witness-Trial Court acquitting two accused and r--
Where later benches applied it
- 2016 Vikas Yadav v. State of U.P. and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 2025 Kattavellai @ Devakar v. State of Tamilnadu
- 2022 Gireesan Nair & Ors. Etc. v. State of Kerala
- 2010 C. Muniappan & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2017 Santhini v. Vijaya Venketesh
Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned
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