Supreme Court of India
Digambar v. The State of Maharashtra
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We are of the considered opinion that still the case does not fall within the four corners of the “rarest of rare” cases.
Judgment, page 9
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Criminal Law – ‘Rarest of rare’ case – When not – One ‘P ’ was married but had a love affair with ‘ ’ – This was opposed by her brother-‘ ’, who along with co-accused-‘M’ comm itted the murder of ‘P’ and ‘ ’ – Trial court and High Court holding the case to be ‘rarest of rare’, awarded death penalty and life imprisonment to ‘ ’ and ‘M’, respectively – Correctness of – Held: No interference warranted with the concurrent findings of the Trial Court and the High Court that the accused appellants are guilty o f offence punishable u/s.302, IPC – However, the present case cannot be considered to be
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