https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307331 TADA liability required proof of the specific statutory intent to overawe Government, strike terror, alienate a section of the people, or disturb harmony; the evidence of a politically motivated assassination did not establish that intent, so the TADA convictions were set aside. Criminal conspiracy to murder Rajiv Gandhi under Section 120B read with Section 302 IPC was proved against only those accused against whom confessional, eyewitness, documentary and circumstantial evidence showed a meeting of minds and participation in the common design. The Court held that a confession recorded under Section 15 of TADA remained admissible in the connected IPC trial. Applying the rarest of rare doctrine, it confirmed death for the principal conspirators and life imprisonment for the remaining proved conspirators. en-us Tue, 11 May 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:26:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307331 TADA liability required proof of the specific statutory intent to overawe Government, strike terror, alienate a section of the people, or disturb harmony; the evidence of a politically motivated assassination did not establish that intent, so the TADA convictions were set aside. Criminal conspiracy to murder Rajiv Gandhi under Section 120B read with Section 302 IPC was proved against only those accused against whom confessional, eyewitness, documentary and circumstantial evidence showed a meeting of minds and participation in the common design. The Court held that a confession recorded under Section 15 of TADA remained admissible in the connected IPC trial. Applying the rarest of rare doctrine, it confirmed death for the principal conspirators and life imprisonment for the remaining proved conspirators. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 11 May 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307331