Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Sattan @ Satyendra & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 3 S.C.R. 643
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.
Decided 27 February 2009

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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

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