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Vikram Singh@ Vicky &anr. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 10 S.C.R. 816
Bench T.S. Thakur J.
Decided 21 August 2015

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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 364A - Kidnapping and killing of 16 year old boy demanding ransom of Rs 50 lakh from his father - Conviction u/ss. 302 and' 364A and imposition of death sentence - Order attaining finality upto this Court - Writ petition by appellant u!Art. 32 challenging vires of s. 364A to the extent the same prescribes death sentence for anyone found guilty, dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the appellants to approach High Court- Thereaft~r, writ petition before the High Court dismissed, upholding the vires of s. 364A - On appeal, held: Provisions of Section 364A in so

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