Supreme Court of India

Purushotiam Dashrath Borate &anr. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2015] 5 S.C.R. 1112

Bench H. L. Dattu, S.A. Bobde and Arun Mishra JJ.

Decided 8 May 2015

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From the headnote

c Penal Code, 1860: ss;302, 376(2)(g), 364 and 404 rlw s. 120-8 - Rape and murder- Victim-deceased girl working in night shift and commuted in cab hired by the company - On fateful day, accused driver alongwith co-accused committed her rape and murder - Conviction based on circumstantial evidence and imposition of death sentence - Accused-appellants seeking commutation of sentence - Held: The extreme depravity with which the deceased girl was done to death coupled with the other factors including the position of trust held by accused driver would tilt balance between aggravating and

Authorities it was built on

1983 Machhl Singh and Others v. State of Punjab cited by 60
1994 Dhananjoy Chatierjee @ Dhana v. State of West Bengal cited by 24
2012 Ramnaresh & Ors. v. State of Chhattisgarh cited by 21
1987 Mahesh S/o. Ram Narain Etc. v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 19
2010 Atbir v. Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi cited by 16
1991 Seyaka Perumal, Etc v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 15
2002 Devender Pal Singh v. State N.C.T. of Delhi and Anr. cited by 12
2011 B.A. Umesh v. Regr.gen.high Court of Karnataka cited by 8
2008 Aqeel Ahmad v. State of U.P. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2024 Rabbu @ Sarvesh v. The State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2023 Pramod Kumar Mishra v. The State of U.P. referred to
2021 Irappa Siddappa Murgannavar v. State of Karnataka referred to
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. mentioned
2015 Union of India & Anr. v. Purushottam mentioned

Of those, 3 referred to · 2 mentioned

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