NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN vs STATE OF UP . — W.P.(Crl.) No. 50/1998

Case under Section X. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010046611998

Filing Date

19-Mar-1998

Registration No

W.P.(Crl.) No. 50/1998

Diary Number

4661/1998

Order Date

19-Aug-1998

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 01-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section X

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF UP .

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 19-Aug-1998

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 19-Mar-1998

    Case filed

    Registration No. W.P.(Crl.) No. 50/1998

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casestatus.in Summary

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of three appellants for the brutal murder of four family members (including a 70-year-old woman and a 5-year-old child) on October 26, 1989, based on reliable eyewitness testimony, but commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment. The Court found that while the murders were undoubtedly brutal, the case did not qualify as "rarest of rare" under *Bachan Singh* principles, as the killings stemmed from escalating neighborhood feuds and retaliation rather than circumstances warranting capital punishment, and mitigating factors warranted life sentences instead. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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