Supreme Court of India
Ajay Pandit @ Jagdish Dayabhai Patel & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra
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We are of the view that the taking of evidence as to the circumstances relevant to sentencing should be J AJAY PANDIT@ JAGDISH DAYABHAI PATEL v.
Judgment, page 19
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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 419, 420, 302, 307, 397, 342 and 328 - Cheating, Murder and attempt to murder - Two separate incidents - Accused luring the victims to send them to America for better prospects - Extracting money from them - Instead of sending them to America, murdered one person in first incident and in the second incident murdered one and attempted to murder two - First case based on circumstantial evidence - Eye-witnesses (victims) in the second incident - Conviction and life imprisonment by trial court - High Court confirming the conviction and enhancing the sentence to death - On
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Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Dattatraya @ Datta Ambo Rokade v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2019 Md Mannan @ Abdul Mannan v. State of Bihar
- 2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2020 Shatrughna Baban Meshram v. State of Maharashtra
- 2020 Manoj Suryavanshi v. State of Chhattisgarh
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to
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