LANDMARK CASE
Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar v. State of Maharashtra
(2009) 6 SCC 498 · Supreme Court of India · Criminal law
At a glance
- Citation: (2009) 6 SCC 498
- Court: Supreme Court of India
- Area of law: Criminal law
- In one line: The death sentence was commuted. Courts must consider mitigating factors and the possibility of reform.
1 Facts
The accused were sentenced to death for a kidnapping and murder.
2 Issue
How should 'rarest of rare' be applied?
3 What the court decided
The death sentence was commuted. Courts must consider mitigating factors and the possibility of reform.
4 Why it matters
Stresses individualised sentencing.
5 Think about it
How does a court show life imprisonment is foreclosed?
6 Analyse it yourself
Read the full judgment from an official source or a law database, then brief it in seven steps: facts, issues, arguments, decision, ratio, obiter and significance. Always check the citation before you rely on it.
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