Supreme Court of India

Manoj Pratap Singh v. The State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2022] 16 S.C.R. 743
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshw Ari and C. T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 24 June 2022

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Sentence / Sentencing – Death Sentence – Rar est of Rar e case – Kidnapping, rape and mur der of a seven-and-a-half-year old mentally and physically challenged girl – Case of cir cumstantial evidence – T rial Cour t found appellant-accused guilty and imposed death sentence u/s. 302 IPC – High Cour t found it to be a ‘rar est of rare case’ and upheld the conviction and death sentence – Appeal before the Supr eme Court on two issues – First, whether concur rent findings of fact r equir ed interfer ence – Second, whether death sentence be maintained or substituted by any other sentence – Held:

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