The Supreme Court has ruled that number of deaths in a criminal case is
not a relevant factor for awarding death sentence to the accused.
A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma while
upholding the judgement of Allahabad High Court commuting death
sentence to life imprisonment in a Double Murder case observed, ‘It is
to be noted that number of deaths in a case would not be determinative
factor for awarding death sentence and capital punishment can be
awarded even in a case of single death.’ Two people were killed on
December 16, 2001, in Aligarh in a clash due to political rivalry.
The trial court, Aligarh, had awarded death sentence to Aqeel Ahmed after holding him guilty of Double murder.
One MLA Chaudhary Alim was also involved.
Two of the accused died during the pendency of the appeal.
The Allahabad High Court, however, reduced death sentence to life
imprisonment holding that the case did not fall in the category of rare
of the rarest.
The quantum of sentence always depends on the brutality involved in the crime of murder.
The apex court, however, upheld the conviction of the accused Aqeel Ahmed.
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