https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196319 Capital punishment requires a separate sentencing hearing and reasoned findings of special reasons under the Criminal Procedure Code. In applying the "rarest of rare" doctrine, the Court must balance the circumstances of the crime with the circumstances of the offender, including reformability, future dangerousness, age, background, and other mitigating factors. Excessive reliance on brutality alone is insufficient where mitigating circumstances are not properly weighed. On the stated facts, the death sentence was found unsustainable and was commuted to life imprisonment, while the conviction was maintained. en-us Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:23:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196319 Capital punishment requires a separate sentencing hearing and reasoned findings of special reasons under the Criminal Procedure Code. In applying the "rarest of rare" doctrine, the Court must balance the circumstances of the crime with the circumstances of the offender, including reformability, future dangerousness, age, background, and other mitigating factors. Excessive reliance on brutality alone is insufficient where mitigating circumstances are not properly weighed. On the stated facts, the death sentence was found unsustainable and was commuted to life imprisonment, while the conviction was maintained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196319