He Also Tried To Kill Himself; SC Modifies ‘30-Yr Life Term Without Remission’ Imposed On Man Accused Of Killing Wife To ‘Life Imprisonment Simpliciter’ [Read Order]

The Supreme Court modified a ‘thirty years life imprisonment without remission’ sentence imposed on a man accused of uxoricide (murder of one’s wife) to life imprisonment simpliciter taking into account that he also tried to kill himself after murdering his wife.The trial court had awarded death penalty to the husband and the high court, holding that it is not ‘rarest of rare’,...