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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1439 OF 2013

PURUSHOTTAM DASHRATH BORATE & ANR. …APPELLANT(S)

ERSUS

STATE OF MAHARASHTRA …RESPONDENT(S)

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caital felony or offences co""itted by the

erson having a substantial history of

serious assaults and cri"inal convictions.

*0, The offence /as co""itted /hile the

offender /as engaged in the co""ission of another serious offence.

*1, The offence /as co""itted /ith the

intention to create a fear sychosis in the

ublic at large and /as co""itted in a

ublic lace by a /eaon or device /hich

clearly could be ha2ardous to the life of

"ore than one erson.

*3, The offence of "urder /as co""itted for

ranso" or li-e offences to receive "oney or


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"onetary benefits.

*4, 5ired -illings.

*6, The offence /as co""itted outrageously

for /ant only /hile involving inhu"ane

treat"ent and torture to the victi".

*7, The offence /as co""itted by a erson

/hile in la/ful custody.

*8, The "urder or the offence /as co""itted

to revent a erson la/fully carrying out

his duty li-e arrest or custody in a lace

of la/ful confine"ent of hi"self or another.

9or instance( "urder is of a erson /ho had

acted in la/ful discharge of his duty under

Section 31 CrPC.

*:, When the cri"e is enor"ous in roortion

li-e "a-ing an atte"t of "urder of the

entire fa"ily or "e"bers of a articular

co""unity.

*+;, When the victi" is innocent( helless

or a erson relies uon the trust of

relationshi and social nor"s( li-e a child(

helless /o"an( a daughter or a niece

staying /ith a father


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*++, When "urder is co""itted for a "otive

/hich evidences total deravity and

"eanness.

*+0, When there is a cold%blooded "urder

/ithout rovocation.

*+1, The cri"e is co""itted so brutally that

it ric-s or shoc-s not only the judicial

conscience but even the conscience of the

society.

Mitigating circu"stances

*+, The "anner and circu"stances in and

under /hich the offence /as co""itted( for

e=a"le( e=tre"e "ental or e"otional

disturbance or e=tre"e rovocation in

contradistinction to all these situations in

nor"al course.

*0, The age of the accused is a relevant

consideration but not a deter"inative factor

by itself.

*1, The chances of the accused of not

indulging in co""ission of the cri"e again

and the robability of the accused being

refor"ed and rehabilitated.


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*3, The condition of the accused sho/s that

he /as "entally defective and the defect

i"aired his caacity to areciate the

circu"stances of his cri"inal conduct.

*4, The circu"stances /hich( in nor"al

course of life( /ould render such a

behaviour ossible and could have the effect

of giving rise to "ental i"balance in that

given situation li-e ersistent harass"entor( in fact( leading to such a ea- of hu"an

behaviour that( in the facts and

circu"stances of the case( the accused

believed that he /as "orally justified in

co""itting the offence.

*6, Where the court uon roer areciation

of evidence is of the vie/ that the cri"e

/as not co""itted in a reordained "anner

and that the death resulted in the course of

co""ission of another cri"e and that there

/as a ossibility of it being construed as

conse!uences to the co""ission of the

ri"ary cri"e.

*7, Where it is absolutely unsafe to rely

uon the testi"ony of a sole eye/itness

though the rosecution has brought ho"e the


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guilt of the accused.>

26. F+-#+" $- #% / #* -#$% Co+-

-#- /* %'-# -o $'o% $/*?- %/-/,

:o* *o o+ #+ -o -# %-$, %%-

/*+$/$/ -# '$, ,o/5$*/, $/ -# 55$,, o5

: S Mahesh v. State of M.P." (19


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,,%* o5 +- +' /* +*+ o5 *. I-

:% 5o/*" *$, 8$*/," -#- -# *,%*

-#+$/ :% 8$,-$ o5 8$o/- +' '+$o+ -o

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%'#$-$o/. F+-#+" -# *$, +'o+- 5o/* -#-

-# o* o5 -# *,%* #% %8+ +%$o/% /*

,+-$o/%. T#$% Co+-" /o-$,$/ -# +- /*

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I- :% #* -#-@

=83. s has been indicated by the courts

belo/( the antecedents of the aellant

and his subse!uent conduct indicates

that he is a "enace to the society and

is incaable of rehabilitation. The

offences co""itted by the aellant /ere

neither under duress nor on rovocation

and an innocent life /as snuffed out by

hi" after co""itting violent rae on the

victi". ...>

28. I/ -# Seva-a Peru"al ,% (%'+)" -#


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,o/% 5o+ -# ''/-% -#+$/ ,o/-/** -#-

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+ /o- +8/- 5o+ $/-+5+/, $/ :+*$/ *-#

%/-/,. T# '+$/,$' -#- :#/ -# o55/, $%

+%o /* :% ,o$--* $/ ,,-* /*

*$o$, //+" -# o5 -# ,,%* /o-

+8/- 5,-o+" :% 5+-#+ 55$+*

-#+;J* B/,# o5 -#$% Co+- $/ Mofil >han ,%

(%'+).

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#$#$#-$/ -# ''+o,# o5 -#$% Co+-" : :o*

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-# '+%/- ,%. T# S%%$o/% Co+- #% /o-$,*

%$$+$- :$-# -# '+%/- ,% /* -# *,$%$o/ o5

-#$% Co+- $/ -# ,% o5 Dhananjoy Chatterjee

(%'+). T#+5o+" $/ $#- o5 -# %" -#

S%%$o/% Co+- #% #* -#- -# '+%/- ,% :o*

+$- %/-/, o5 *-# '/- /* /o %%. T#

S%%$o/ Co+- #% o%+8*@=... @n resent case( accused driver

along/ith co%accused co""itted rae and

"urder of helless and defenceless young

girl /ho /as reosing co"lete faith and

trust on the" by carefully lanning the

cri"e and e=ecuting it in barbaric "anner.

Ta-ing the verdict in the "atter of Dhananjoy Chatterjee *sura, as yardstic-(

there is no hesitation to ut on record

that the case at hand is the rarest of

rare case /arranting nothing else but the

death enalty to the accused ersons. ...>

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,$+,%-/,% $/ ,+ /* $/,o/-+o8+-$

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Co+- #% +,o+** -#- -#+ $% /o -+/-$8 -

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S%%$o/% Co+-%.

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-o /o-$, -# Dhananjoy Chatterjee ,% (%'+). A%

/o-$,* o8" -# %$* ,% #% / /o-$,* -#

S%%$o/% Co+-" $/ -# '+%/- ,%" % +$/

+- %$$+$- -o -# 5,-% #+$/. I/ -#

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,o/8$,-* 5o+ -# +- +' /* +*+ o5 o/

$+ * o- 1 +%. T# ,,%*;-#+$/ :%

'o* % %,+$- +* o5 -# $*$/ :#+


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-# *,%* +%$** /* -#+5o+ :% /-+%-*

:$-# -# /o -% o5 /%+$/ #+ %5- /*

%,+$-. T# +%o/$/ -#+$/ #% /

$/%-+/- $/ o*$/ -# %/-/,$/ 'o$, o5

-#$% Co+- /* -#+5o+ $- :o* $/5 -o

+'+o*, -# +8/- '++'#% 5+o -# %$* ,%

o:@

=+4. @n our oinion( the "easure of

unish"ent in a given case "ust deend

uon the atrocity of the cri"eA the

conduct of the cri"inal and the

defenceless and unrotected state of the

victi". @"osition of aroriate

unish"ent is the "anner in /hich the

courts resond to the societys cry for

justice against the cri"inals. ?ustice

de"ands that courts should i"ose

unish"ent befitting the cri"e so that

the courts reflect ublic abhorrence of

the cri"e. The courts "ust not only -ee

in vie/ the rights of the cri"inal but

also the rights of the victi" of cri"e

and the society at large /hile


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considering i"osition of aroriate

unish"ent.

+6. The sordid eisode of the security

guard( /hose sacred duty /as to ensure

the rotection and /elfare of the

inhabitants of the flats in the

aart"ent( should have subjected the

deceased( a resident of one of the

flats( to gratify his lust and "urder

her in retaliation for his transfer on

her co"laint( "a-es the cri"e even "ore

heinous. >eeing in vie/ the "edical

evidence and the state in /hich the body

of the deceased /as found( it is obvious

that a "ost heinous tye of barbaric

rae and "urder /as co""itted on a

helless and defenceless school%going

girl of +8 years. @f the security guards

behave in this "anner /ho /ill guard the

guards The faith of the society by such

a barbaric act of the guard( gets

totally sha-en and its cry for justice

beco"es loud and clear. The offence /as

not only inhu"an and barbaric but it /as

a totally ruthless cri"e of rae


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follo/ed by cold blooded "urder and an

affront to the hu"an dignity of the

society. The savage nature of the cri"e

has shoc-ed our judicial conscience.

There are no e=tenuating or "itigating

circu"stances /hatsoever in the case. We

agree that a real and abiding concern

for the dignity of hu"an life is

re!uired to be -et in "ind by the

courts /hile considering the

confir"ation of the sentence of death

but a cold blooded relanned brutal

"urder( /ithout any rovocation( after

co""itting rae on an innocent and

defenceless young girl of +8 years( by

the security guard certainly "a-es this

case a )rarest of the rare cases /hich

calls for no unish"ent other than the

caital unish"ent and /e accordingly

confir" the sentence of death i"osed

uon the aellant for the offence under

Section 1;0 @PC. The order of sentencei"osed on the aellant by the courts

belo/ for offences under Sections 176

and 18; @PC are also confir"ed along


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/ith the directions relating thereto as

in the event of the e=ecution of the

aellant( those sentences /ould only

re"ain of acade"ic interest. This aeal

fails and is hereby dis"issed.>

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