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Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2022] 9 S.C.R. 452
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Bela. M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 20 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, all three accused are held guilty of the offences under Section 397/34, 449/34 and 302/34 IPC. Additionally, Manoj and Rahul’s conviction under Section 25(1-B)(B) of the Ar ms Act, and Rahul’s conviction under Section 27 of the Arms Act, is upheld.

Judgment, page 95

From the headnote

Sentence / Sentencing – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 397 – Triple murder, in course of robbery – Three accused – T rial Court convicted the accused-appellants u/s. 302 IPC and im posed death penalty on them – High Court confirmed the conviction – On a ppeal, held: Both the trial Court and High Court failed to provide an effective sentencing hearing to the accused at the relevant stage which is a right u/s 235(2) CrPC – The crime that the appellants were held guilty of, was heinous, and its execution was v icious and cruel – The repeated stabbings of two of the deceased almost in a frenzy on the

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