When Second Conviction For Murder Would Warrant Imposition Of Death Sentence? Read SC Judgment

Ashok Kini

18 Jan 2019 7:21 PM IST

“Like in many cases the intention seems to have been to severely injure or disfigure the deceased; in this case we think the intention resulted into an attack more severe than planned which then resulted in the death of the deceased.”

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, commuted death sentence awarded to a man convicted for murder of a women by pouring acid on her. The bench comprising Justice SA Bobde, Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice R Subhash Reddy, observed that a second conviction for murder would warrant the imposition of a death sentence only if there is a pattern discernible across both the cases. The...

When Second Conviction For Murder Would Warrant Imposition Of Death Sentence? Read SC Judgment

Ashok Kini

“Like in many cases the intention seems to have been to severely injure or disfigure the deceased; in this case we think the intention resulted into an attack more severe than planned which then resulted in the death of the deceased.”

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