MP HC Commutes Death Penalty To A Youth Who Killed His Mother Because She Woke Him Up [Read Judgment]

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2 April 2019 8:46 AM IST

"He was mentally defective and the said defect impaired his capacity to appreciate criminality of his conduct."

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently commuted death sentence awarded to a 'son' who killed his mother for waking him up. The prosecution case was that, in the afternoon of 1st January 2017, at about 3:30 PM, Jhummak Bai woke up Ashok saying that he is sleeping till this time and then she went to the courtyard. He woke up and went to courtyard and started beating Jhummak Bai with...

MP HC Commutes Death Penalty To A Youth Who Killed His Mother Because She Woke Him Up [Read Judgment]

LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK

"He was mentally defective and the said defect impaired his capacity to appreciate criminality of his conduct."

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