Supreme Court of India

Swamy Shraddananda @ Murali Manohar Mishra v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2008] 11 S.C.R. 93

Bench B.N. Agrawal, G.S. Singhvi and Aftab Alam JJ.

Decided 22 July 2008

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Sentence/Sentencing: Death penalty/Life imprisonment - Cold blooded mur- der of wife - Circumstantial evidence - Conviction and death sentence by trial court and High court - Supreme Court up holding conviction - Difference of opinion as regards sen tence- Reference to Larger Bench to decide the sentence - Held: The murder was planned and cold blooded and for highly depraved motive - But in view of certain facts of the case and in view of larger issues such as inept criminal justice system and want of uniformity in the sentencing process by the Courts etc., death penalty substituted to

Authorities it was built on

2001 Jayawant Dattatray Suryarao v. State of Maharashtra cited by 14
1961 Gopal Vinayak Godse v. The State of Maharashtra and Others cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

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2023 Madan v. State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2022 Pappu v. The State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2020 Shatrughna Baban Meshram v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2020 Satish @ Sabbe v. The State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2019 Ravishankar @ Baba Vishwakarma v. The State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2019 Accused 'x' v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2014 Amar Singh Yadav v. State of U.P. relied on
2014 Duryodhan Rout v. State of Orlssa relied on
2014 Raj Kumar v. State of M.P. relied on
2014 Birju v. State of M.P. relied on
2013 Madhu @ Madhuranatha & Anr. v. State of Karnataka relied on
2013 State of Rajasthan v. Jamil Khan relied on
2013 Vyas Ram @ Vyas Kahar & Ors. v. State of Bihar relied on
2013 Deepak Rai v. State of Bihar relied on
2013 Gurvail Singh @ Gala v. State of Punjab relied on
2013 Kumar v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2013 Sahib Hussain @ Sahib Jan v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2013 Mohinder Singh v. State of Punjab relied on
2012 Sandeep v. State of U.P. relied on
2025 Sukhdev Yadav @ Pehalwan v. State of (nct of Delhi) & Others referred to
2025 Byluru Thippaiah @ Byaluru Thippaiah @ Nayakara Thippaiah v. State of Karnataka referred to
2025 Gyanendra Singh @ Raja Singh v. State of U.P. referred to
2024 Vishwajeet Kerba Masalkar v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2024 Sandeep v. State of Uttarakhand referred to
2024 Rabbu @ Sarvesh v. The State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2024 Sunita Devi v. The State of Bihar & Anr referred to
2024 Bhaggi @ Bhagirath @ Naran v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2024 Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India & Others referred to
2023 Rajo @ Rajwa @ Rajendra Mandal v. The State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2023 Ravinder Singh v. The State Govt. of Nct of Delhi referred to
2023 Vikas Chaudhary v. The State of Delhi referred to
2023 Shiva Kumar @ Shiva @ Shivamurthy v. State of Karnataka referred to
2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2022 Veerendra v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2019 Ravi S/o Ashok Ghumare v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2019 Manoharan v. State by Inspector of Police, Variety Hall Police Station, Coimbatore referred to
2019 Nand Kishore v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2018 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. referred to
2016 Vikas Yadav v. State of U.P. and Ors. Etc. Etc. referred to
2014 Md. Jamiludin Nasir v. State of West Bengal referred to
2014 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. referred to
2014 Alber Oraon v. State of Jharkhand referred to
2014 Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2013 Sushil Sharma v. The State of N.C.T. of Delhi referred to
2013 Gudda @ Dwarikendra v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2013 Mahendra Nath Das v. Union of India and Others referred to
2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2013 Gurvail Singh @ Gala & Another v. State of Punjab referred to
2012 Sangeet & Anr. v. State of Haryana referred to
2012 State of U.P. v. Sanjay Kumar referred to
2014 Mohd. Arif @ashfaq v. He Registrar, Supreme Court of India & Ors. mentioned
2012 Mohammed Ajmal Mohammad Amir Kasab @ Abu Mujahid v. State of Maharashtra distinguished
2014 Ashok Debbarma @ Achak Debbarma v. State of Tripura relied upon

Of those, 20 relied on · 1 distinguished · 32 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 relied upon

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