Supreme Court of India

Sebastian @ Chevithiyan v. State of Kerala

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Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and J.M. Panchal JJ.
Decided 9 October 2009

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that in the background of these facts, that the death penalty ought to be converted to imprisonment for life but in terms laid down by this Court in Swamy Shraddananda vs.

Judgment, page 10

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