Supreme Court of India
Byluru Thippaiah @ Byaluru Thippaiah @ Nayakara Thippaiah v. State of Karnataka
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What the Court ordered
We hold that despite having considerable information before it, the High Court did not consider it appropriately and sufficiently, in view of the findings recorded in the said reports.
Judgment, page 18
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards commutation of the death sentence awarded to the appellant for committing brutal murder of his wife, sister-in- law and his three children. Headnotes† Sentence/Sentencing – Death sentence – Commutation of – Brutal murder by the appellant of his wife, sister-in- law and his three children – Motive was that the appellant accused his wife and sister-in-law of being promiscuous and that he had not fathered the three children – Trial court convicted the appellant for the offence punishable u/s.302 and awarded death sentence – Upheld by the High Court
Authorities it was built on
- 2008 Swamy Shraddananda @ Murali Manohar Mishra v. State of Karnataka
- 2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2022 Mekala Sivaiah v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
- 1997 Ajit Savant Majagavi v. State of Karnataka
- 2019 Khushwinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- 2019 Ishwari Lal Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh
- 1979 Bachan Singh S/o Saudagar Singh v. State of Punjab
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