Supreme Court of India
Sandesh Alias Sainath Kailash Abhang v. State of Maharashtra
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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 307, 394 and 376 (e) - Robbery with murder, attempt to cause death, causing hurt and committing rape of pregnant woman - Injured eye-witness - Extra-judicial confession - Conviction by courts below and death sentence - On appeal, accused not challenging the conviction, but seeking to commute the death sentence - Held: The evidence established the prosecution case beyond reasonable doubt - The accused committed cold-blooded murder and his conduct was that of a brutal person - Therefore, his conviction is confirmed - However, the courts below failed to consider the…
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- 2019 Ravi S/o Ashok Ghumare v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2013 Deepak Rai v. State of Bihar
- 2018 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. State of Maharashtra
- 2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors.
- 2025 Ramesh A. Naika v. The Registrar General, High Court of Karnataka Etc.
- 2014 Bhagwan Tukaram Dange v. State of Maharashtra
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to · 2 mentioned
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