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The State Of Jharkhand vs Kashi Nath Singh @ Kallu Singh on 29 March, 2019 cites

Vasant Sampat Dupare vs State Of Maharashtra on 28 October, 2014

28. Again, in Vasanta Sampat Dupare Vs. State of Maharashtra, reported in (2015) 1 SCC 253, which related to rape and murder of a child aged about four years, who, after the rape was committed upon her, was crushed to death by stone, the Hon'ble Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence, finding the case to be one under the category of rarest of rare cases. In this case, the accused-appellant had also filed the Review Petition in the Supreme Court, which was again dismissed by the Judgment, reported in (2017) 6 SCC 631.
Supreme Court of India Cites 56 - Cited by 83 - D Misra - Full Document

Tattu Lodhi @ Pancham Lodhi vs State Of M.P on 16 September, 2016

30. On the other hand, learned counsel for the appellants has submitted that simply because the case relates to rape and murder of a child, it does not come under the category of rarest of rare cases. Learned counsel has placed reliance upon the decisions of the Supreme Court in Sebastian Vs. State of Kerela, reported in (2010) 1 SCC 58, Ram Deo Prasad Vs. State of Bihar, reported in (2013) 7 SCC 725, Tattu Lodhi Vs. State of M.P., reported in (2016) 9 SCC 675, and in all these cases, the child aged between 2 to 7 years were murdered after committing rape upon them. The Supreme Court, in the facts of these cases, held that they do not come within the category of rarest of rare cases, and the death sentence awarded by the Trial Court below, and confirmed by the High Court, were commuted to life imprisonment.
Supreme Court of India Cites 16 - Cited by 28 - S K Singh - Full Document

Sachin Kumar Singhraha vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 12 March, 2019

33. Again in Sachin Kumar Singhraha Vs. State of M.P., reported in 2019 SCC On Line SC 363, in which case a school going girl was subjected to rape, and her school bag and dead body were recovered at the instance of the accused, pursuant to his disclosure statement, it was not found to be a case of such category, where the death sentence was necessarily to be imposed, and the death sentence imposed upon the accused was commuted to the sentence of life imprisonment, with no remission for 25 years. In the facts of the case, the Hon'ble Apex Court was not convinced that the probability of reform of the accused was low, in absence of any criminal antecedent and keeping in mind his overall conduct.
Supreme Court of India Cites 22 - Cited by 207 - M M Shantanagoudar - Full Document
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