Supreme Court of India

Byluru Thippaiah @ Byaluru Thippaiah @ Nayakara Thippaiah v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2025] 7 S.C.R. 550
Bench Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 16 July 2025

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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

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