Friday, August 7, 2009

    In order to award death sentence the court should ask itself and answer the following question : (i) Was there something uncommon about the crime which renders sentence of imprisonment for life inadequate and calls for a death sentence? (ii) Were the circumstances of the crime such that there is no alternative but to impose death sentence even after according maximum weightage to the mitigating circumstances which speak in favour of the offender?___________1999, Crimes, Dec 314 (S.C)





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