Lack of criminal antecedents of a convict is not the sole criterion to decide whether the case falls under the rarest of rare category, the Supreme Court held on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the death sentence, while upholding the conviction, of a rape and murder accused who was found to be a minor at the time of the crime. (Karan @ Fatiya vs State of Madhya Pradesh)
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the death sentence imposed on a flower-seller convicted for the rape and murder of a minor in 2020 in Tamil Nadu's Pudukkottai.
The Court held that the trial court had remained a 'passive umpire' to improper examination of prosecution witnesses and forensic evidence that the police had relied on.