Supreme Court of India
State of U.P. v. Sattan @ Satyendra & Ors.
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Sentence/Sentencing: c Imposition of sentence - Determining factors - Discussed. ,.. Death sentence - Murder of six members of a family t including helpless women and children in a brutal manner - Held: Case falls under rarest of rare category - High Court effed in altering death sentence to life sentence - Criminal law - Doctrine of proportionality - Administration of criminal justice - Penal Code, 1860 - s.302. Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Acquittal by High Court - State's appeal - Held: " Evidence of involvement of acquitted accused not free from doubt- High Court was right in acquitting
Where later benches applied it
- 2014 Anil @ Anthony Arikswamy Joseph v. State of Maharashtra
- 2013 State of Rajasthan v. Jamil Khan
- 2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2014 Mofil Khan & Anr. v. State of Jharkhand
- 2013 Mohinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- 2011 Rajesh Kumar v. State through Govt. of Nct of Delhi-ii
- 2009 Sushil Kumar v. State of Punjab
- 2009 Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar v. State of Maharashtra
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 3 mentioned
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