BULLU DAS vs STATE OF BIHAR — Crl.A. No. 552/1998

The Supreme Court allowed Bullu Das's appeal challenging his death sentence for the murder of Kusum Devi, finding that the primary basis for the death penalty—that he was a professional killer with a history of murders—was unsupported by admissible evidence. The Court ruled the confessional statement inadmissible as it was made to police after investigation began, and found other witnesses lacked credible personal knowledge. The sentence was accordingly commuted to life imprisonment. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.