A Delhi court has sent three men to life imprisonment for killing a person and trying to burn his body, but refused to award them death sentence saying it did not fall in the rarest of rare category.
ASJ Chandra Shekhar handed down the jail term to Bhola, Madan Mohan and Ajay Kumar Mishra for killing Anil, following a dispute over money and trying to destroy evidence. The court noted that they were not previous offenders and the crime was not committed in a manner so as to arouse intense and extreme indignation of the community. “It seems that facts of the present case are not covered within the illustrations or under the category of rarest of rare cases," the judge said. It also noted that the convicts' conduct in jail and during trial was unquestioned. It also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each while holding them guilty. AgenciesA Delhi court has sent three men to life imprisonment for killing a person and trying to burn his body, but refused to award them death sentence saying it did not fall in the rarest of rare category.
ASJ Chandra Shekhar handed down the jail term to Bhola, Madan Mohan and Ajay Kumar Mishra for killing Anil, following a dispute over money and trying to destroy evidence. The court noted that they were not previous offenders and the crime was not committed in a manner so as to arouse intense and extreme indignation of the community. “It seems that facts of the present case are not covered within the illustrations or under the category of rarest of rare cases," the judge said. It also noted that the convicts' conduct in jail and during trial was unquestioned. It also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each while holding them guilty.