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Bachan Singh Etc. Etc vs State Of Punjab Etc. Etc on 16 August, 1982

52. It is true the appellants have perpetrated the most brutal act of rape and murder of a minor child. The offence is a heinous one and needs strongest condemnation from society. However, nature and gravity of offence is not the only criteria on which imposition of death penalty depends. As noted in Bachan Singh (supra) the Court must satisfy its conscience that the possibility of reformation and rehabilitation of the convict is completely ruled out and the sentence of life imprisonment is thereby rendered inadequate. To do so, this court called upon the State to submit report with regard to conduct of the appellants while they awaited their final fate in the appeal.
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