Supreme Court of India

Umashankar Panda v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Bench Dr. A.S. Anand and K. Venkataswami JJ.
Decided 28 February 1996

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Criminal Law : Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302 and 307. Murder of wife and two children-Attempt to murder other three children- Provocation-Absence of-Commission of crime-Premediated one- Not due to sudden provocation or mental derangement-Held : offence grnesome, cold-blooded, heinous, atrocious and cruel -No mitigating cir­ cumstances but only aggrevating circumstances--"Rarerest of rare cases''-Death sentence imposed by courts below upheld.

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