Supreme Court of India
Dnyaneshwar Suresh Borkar v. State of Maharashtra
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above submission and relying upon the decision of this Court in Sunil v.
Judgment, page 3
From the headnote
Sentence/Sentencing: Death sentence – For killing a minor child – Held: The offence committed was brutal, but did not warrant death sentence as the accused was not a pr evious convict or a professional killer – At the time of commission of offence, he was 22 years of age – His jail conduct was also r eported to be good – Mitigating cir cumstances being in favour of the appellant, in the interest of justice, death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment. Partly allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: S triking the balance between the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, mitigating
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