Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Alok Verma

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Reported as [2011] 11 S.C.R. 105
Bench Markandey Kat Ju and Chandramauli Kr. Prasad JJ.
Decided 2 September 2011

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Sentence/Sentencing - Death sentence - Accused committed murder of wife and four children as also caused injuries to another daughter with knife and,axe taking help of a hired person - Conviction by courts below on basis of the circumstantial evidencf] as also evidence of the surviving daughter-eye witness to the incident - Death sentence awarded by the trial court modified to life sentence by High Court - On appeal, held: On facts, the said act was a ghastly and brutal act - It falls in the category of rarest of rare cases in which death sentence should have been given - Reasoning of the

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