Rarest of rare case Archives

7-year-old’s “brutal” rape and murder: SC commutes Death sentence; No premature release/remission during 30 years’ LI as “conscience of the society cannot be ignored”

Supreme Court: In a case where a man had brutally raped and murdered a 7-year-old girl, the 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar,

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SC awards 30 years RI to man who killed 2 brothers & nephew; Finds imposition of death penalty on the day of conviction itself, wrong

Supreme Court: In a case where the trial court had convicted the accused and imposed death penalty on the very same day,

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SC relief to death row convicts who killed 8 members of their brother’s family over property dispute; To serve LI for 30 years

“There is a bounden duty cast on the Courts to elicit information of all the relevant factors and consider those regarding the possibility of reformation, even if the accused remains silent.”

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Man murdered wife and 4 minor daughters and burned them. Will this case fall under rarest of rare category? Allahabad HC decides

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Ramesh Sinha and Rajeev Singh, JJ., upheld the capital punishment of a man who murdered

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Death reference and the pervasive principles of natural justice

by Abhishek Goyal†

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | No question of relief for the offences that shake the collective conscience of society; Court confirms death penalty in rape and murder case under POCSO Act

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Bela M. Trivedi and A.C. Rao, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed on being aggrieved by

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Here’s why SC commuted the death sentence of man who killed his wife and 5 children to LI

Supreme Court: “The mercy petition is the last hope of a person on death row. Every dawn will give rise to a

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Death sentence confirmed in case of rape of 4 year old girl; held a rarest of the rare case

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The criminal appeal was filed before a Division Bench of P.K. Jaiswal and Anjuli Palo, JJ. by the

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All HC | Investigation is an independent area of operation not be interfered with except in rarest of rare cases

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Karuna Nand Bajpayee and Ifaqat Ali Khan, JJ., dismissed a petition on the ground

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“Death Penalty to be reserved for rarest of the rare cases”: Patna HC

Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Arvind Srivastava and Rakesh Kumar, JJ., upheld the judgment of the trial court and dismissed

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Rape of 12-year minor and death thereafter not “rarest of the rare case”: MP HC

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of J.K.Maheshwari and Akhil Kumar Srivastava, JJ., addressed the issue of rape and murder

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Nirbhaya Case: Death penalty for the 4 accused upheld

Supreme Court: Almost after 5 years of the commission of the horrendous crime that shook not only the nation but the world,

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Showing signs of reformation after initiating Review petition not enough to save a man, who raped and brutally killed a 4-year old, from death sentence

Supreme Court: In the case where a 4-year old girl was raped and battered to death by the petitioner, the bench of

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Consider the strata of society the accused comes from before awarding death sentence and constituting a case as rarest of rare: Calcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court: The Court recently had to decide on a death reference under Section 366 CrPC against the order of conviction