SC Acquits 3 Men Who Were Sentenced To Death Penalty, Commutes It For One [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted three murder accused whose death penalty was confirmed by the Karnataka High Court. The three-judge bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice Sanjiv Khanna also commuted death penalty awarded to one accused to life imprisonment. Basavaraj, Yankappa, Ramesh and Palya were sentenced to death by the trial...