Punishment for murder: death or life imprisonment available; group killings on protected grounds attract identical severe penalties. A person who commits murder is punishable by either death or life imprisonment and may face a fine; where a group acting in concert of the specified size commits murder motivated by race, caste, community, sex, place of birth, language, personal belief or similar grounds, each member is liable to the same severe punishments and fine.
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Punishment for murder: death or life imprisonment available; group killings on protected grounds attract identical severe penalties.
A person who commits murder is punishable by either death or life imprisonment and may face a fine; where a group acting in concert of the specified size commits murder motivated by race, caste, community, sex, place of birth, language, personal belief or similar grounds, each member is liable to the same severe punishments and fine.
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