Supreme Court of India

State Nct of Delhi v. Ajit Seth @ Ajji

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Reported as [2010] 10 S.C.R. 343
Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and Chandramauli Kr.Prasad JJ.
Decided 17 August 2010

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Penal Code, 1860: c ss. 302 and 364 - Two children aged 3 and 7, burnt to death by friend of their mother - Conviction by trial court with death sentence - High Court commuted the sentence and directed that accused should not be released unless he had served at least 20 years of imprisonment - Appeal by State - HELD: The Court endorses the finding of the trial court that crime committed by the accused was indeed barbaric and called for no mercy - But in view of the facts that pending appeal the accused has already completed his sentence of 20 years and has been released, it would be a

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