Supreme Court of India
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Chhaakki Lal and Another
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We are of the view that awarding of death penalty is not warranted and imposing sentence of life imprisonment upon the respondents/accused Chhaakki Lal would meet the ends of justice. 203.
Judgment, page 19
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Appeal against acquittal – Case of the pr osecution that accused no.1 and 2 shot dead PW -1’s daughter and thr ee other r elatives while they wer e going along with PW-1 towards the fields to cut crop – Trial court held the accused persons guilty u/s.302 – High Court acquitted the accused persons – On appeal, held: It is the case wher e four people wer e murdered in br oad day light – One of the deceased, PW -1’s grandson was a child of thr ee years – High Cour t did not appr eciate the evidence of PW -1, the sole eye witness in pr oper perspective and er red in
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- 2025 Kum. Shubha @ Shubhashankar v. State of Karnataka & Anr
- 2022 Md. Jabbar Ali & Ors. v. The State of Assam
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