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Ashok Debbarma @ Achak Debbarma v. State of Tripura

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Reported as [2014] 4 S.C.R. 287
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Vikramajit Sen JJ.
Decided 4 March 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that this is not a rarest of rare case for awarding death sentence.

Judgment, page 40

From the headnote

PENAL CODE, 1860: ss.326, 436 and 302 rlw s.34 - Murder - 30-35 members in a group set on fire a number of houses' in a village - Shot dead 15 persons and seriously. injured 4 persons - 11 persons charge sheeted for the offences u/ss. 326, 436 and 302 r/w s. 34 - But charges framed only against 5 persons - Out of them, 3 accused acquitted for want of evidence and two accused including appellant held guilty of charged offences - Conviction and death sentence of appellant - On appeal, held: Courts below appreciated the evidence of PWs regarding involvement of appellant in the incident,

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