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Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan v. Jamil Khan

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Reported as [2013] 14 S.C.R. 361
Bench Chandramauli Kr. Prasad and Kurian Joseph JJ.
Decided 27 September 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the sentences shall run consecutively, in case there is remission D or commutation.

Judgment, page 34

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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 376 and 201 - Rape and murder of a minor child below 5 years - By 19 year old man - Conviction and death sentence by trial court - High Court confirmed the conviction but altered the death sentence to life imprisonment - Held: c The crime is of extreme mental perversion, well planned and 0 barbaric - Having regard to the nature of the crime, manner of commission of offence, and major aggravating factor of extreme repulsion which has shocked the collective conscience of the community and the court, and the sole mitigating factor of his young age, punishment of life

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