Supreme Court of India
Prem Sagar v. Dharambir and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result, Criminal Appeal no. 242/2003 is allowed to the extent of acquittal so far as accused-Karambir is concerned, but conviction of C accused-Dharambir is affirmed.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : Section-302-Murder-Death sentence-Imposition of-Principles Held : Brutality in inbuilt in every murder but in case of every murder, death sentence is not imposed-Life imprisonment is the rule and death sentence is the exception-The latter is imposed in rarest of rare cases. The appellants along with their two real brothers and mo~her, in ·an six accused, were charge-sheeted ror the murder of three persons.…
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