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HC commutes death sentence to life term

NEW DELHI: Merely because the deceased was inflicted with multiple stab injuries, the crime does not necessarily come under the ambit of ``rarest of rare'' murders, the Delhi High Court has held while commuting the death sentence of an accused to life imprisonment.

Agreeing that the murder was gruesome and the accused is said to have stabbed the deceased over 32 times, a Division Bench of Justice R S Sodhi and P K Bhasin, felt that the life sentence would suffice the ends of justice.

The Bench passed the judgement on an appeal from a 21-year old youth, Brij Kishore, who was sentenced to death by the Additional Sessions Judge on August 29, 2004 for allegedly murdering one Madan Mohan Lal Verma. - PTI

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