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Bombay High Court Confirms Death Sentence for Rape and Murder of Minor Child - Brutal Crime Falls Under Rarest of Rare Category. The Court upheld the conviction under Section 302 IPC and Section 376(2)(f) IPC for the rape and murder of a 4-year-old girl, confirming the death sentence as the case fell within the 'rarest of rare' category.

14 Mar 2016

The case involves the confirmation of a death sentence awarded to Vitthal Tukaram Atugade by the learned District Judge-1 and Additional Sessions Judg...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Upholds Commutation of Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment Due to Inordinate Delay and Solitary Confinement. Acquittal in Related Rape Case Not Considered in Mercy Petition, Violating Fundamental Rights.

24 Apr 2019

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by the Union of India against the High Court's order commuting the death sentence of respondent Dharam Pa...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Examines Remission Policies Under Article 161 and CrPC in State Appeal. The Court held that constitutional remission powers under Article 161 of the Constitution prevail over statutory policies under Section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and policies are statutory rules under the Prisons Act, 1894.

3 Aug 2021

The dispute arose from an order by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana regarding State Government policies on granting remission to prisoners. The Stat...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against High Court Division Bench's Dismissal of Letters Patent Appeal as Not Maintainable in Death Sentence Commutation Case Based on Delay in Mercy Petitions. The Court Held That Proceedings Seeking Commutation on Ground of Delay Are Independent and Not Connected With the Merits of Conviction, Thus an Intra-Court Appeal Is Maintainable.

9 Dec 2021

The Supreme Court of India heard appeals arising from a judgment of the Division Bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, which had dismissed Letters...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Rape and Murder of Minor. Conviction Upheld but Death Penalty Not Warranted Due to Lack of Aggravating Circumstances.

3 Oct 2019

The appellant, Ravishankar @ Baba Vishwakarma, was convicted by the Trial Court for kidnapping, raping, and murdering a 13-year-old girl, and for dest...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Clarifies Sentencing Powers of Constitutional Courts in Modified Life Sentences - Constitutional Courts Can Impose Fixed-Term Sentences Without Death Penalty Commutation. Power to impose modified punishment including fixed-term incarceration or life imprisonment without remission is derived from Indian Penal Code, 1860, and can be exercised by High Courts and Supreme Court based on offence gravity and relevant factors, not limited to death penalty commutation cases.

28 Mar 2023

The Supreme Court addressed an appeal concerning the sentence for an offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, where the appellant had...

High Court

Bombay High Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Double Murder Case — Conviction Under Sections 302 and 309 IPC Upheld but Death Penalty Not Warranted Due to Lack of Aggravating Circumstances

31 Jan 2013

The case arises from a tragic incident where the accused, Prakash Vinayakrao Shingnapure, murdered his wife Pranita and 13-year-old daughter Shreya in...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Upholds Life Imprisonment for Convict in Rape of Minor Under Section 376 AB IPC - Commutation of Death Sentence to Natural Life Imprisonment Maintained as Offence Deemed Barbaric Though Not Brutal, with Alternative Minimum Sentence of 20 Years Considered but Not Applied.

2 Feb 2024

The Supreme Court considered a petition by a convict challenging the High Court of Madhya Pradesh's judgment dated 11.10.2018 in Criminal Appeal No.57...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Upholds Life Imprisonment with 25-Year Minimum in Khairlanji Mass Murder Case — Death Sentence Commuted Due to Lack of Criminal Record and Absence of Caste Motive. The Court affirmed that the case did not fall within the rarest of rare category under Section 302 IPC read with Section 354(3) CrPC, as the crime arose from a personal dispute rather than caste animus.

24 May 2019

The case arises from the brutal murder of four members of a Scheduled Caste family in Khairlanji village on 29 September 2006. The victims were Surekh...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition Against Death Sentence in Rape and Murder of Two Children. Conviction Under Sections 302, 376(2)(f),(g) and 201 IPC Upheld as Rarest of Rare Case.

7 Nov 2019

The review petitions were filed by Manoharan, the sole surviving accused, against the judgment of the Supreme Court dated 01.08.2019 which affirmed hi...

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