https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196737 A close relative who is the natural and sole eyewitness was held reliable where her account remained consistent, showed no motive for false implication, and was corroborated by immediate conduct evidence, medical evidence and recovery of weapons; the conviction for murder was upheld. The death sentence could not stand because the accused was not given a meaningful hearing on sentence under Section 235(2) CrPC, and the case did not meet the rarest of rare standard; capital punishment was set aside and life imprisonment substituted. en-us Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 12:37:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196737 A close relative who is the natural and sole eyewitness was held reliable where her account remained consistent, showed no motive for false implication, and was corroborated by immediate conduct evidence, medical evidence and recovery of weapons; the conviction for murder was upheld. The death sentence could not stand because the accused was not given a meaningful hearing on sentence under Section 235(2) CrPC, and the case did not meet the rarest of rare standard; capital punishment was set aside and life imprisonment substituted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196737