MAHENDRA NATH DAS vs STATE OF ASSAM — Crl.A. No. 700/1998

Case under Section II. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010074181998

Filing Date

04-May-1998

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 700/1998

Diary Number

7418/1998

Order Date

14-May-1999

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 03-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.MAHENDRA NATH DAS

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF ASSAM

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 14-May-1999

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 04-May-1998

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 700/1998

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casestatus.in Summary

The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Mahendra Nath Das for the murder of Hara Kanta Das on April 24, 1996, finding the crime fell within the "rarest of rare cases" category. The Court rejected the appellant's plea for commutation to life imprisonment, determining that the extremely gruesome, cold-blooded nature of the crime—where the appellant severed the victim's hand and head with a sword and carried the head to a police station—demonstrated extreme depravity that outweighed mitigating circumstances such as his young age and family dependents. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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