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(3) When murder of a member of a Scheduled Caste or minority
community etc., is committed not for personal reasons but in
circumstances which arouse social wrath, or in cases of 'bride
burning' or `dowry deaths' or when murder is committed in order
to remarry for the sake of extracting dowry once again or to
marry another woman on account of infatuation.
(4) When the crime is enormous in proportion. For instance
when multiple murders, say of all or almost all the members of a
family or a large number of persons of a particular caste,
community, or locality, are committed.