{"id":55651,"date":"2019-03-13T14:41:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T09:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55651"},"modified":"2019-03-13T14:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T09:11:36","slug":"death-sentence-can-be-imposed-only-when-life-imprisonment-appears-to-be-an-altogether-inappropriate-punishment-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/death-sentence-can-be-imposed-only-when-life-imprisonment-appears-to-be-an-altogether-inappropriate-punishment-supreme-court","title":{"rendered":"Death Sentence Can Be Imposed Only When Life Imprisonment Appears To Be An Altogether Inappropriate Punishment: Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Death-Sentence.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"55653\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/death-sentence-can-be-imposed-only-when-life-imprisonment-appears-to-be-an-altogether-inappropriate-punishment-supreme-court\/death-sentence-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Death-Sentence.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Death Sentence\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Death-Sentence.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Death-Sentence.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55653\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Death-Sentence.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Death-Sentence.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Death-Sentence.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;We are not convinced that the probability of reform of the accused\/appellant is low, in the absence of prior offending history and keeping in mind his overall conduct. &#8221;<br \/>\nWhile commuting death sentence awarded to a man convicted for rape and murder of a five year old girl, the Supreme Court observed that death sentence must be imposed only when life imprisonment appears to be an altogether inappropriate punishment.<\/p>\n<p>The bench comprising\u00a0Justice NV Ramana, Justice Mohan M. Shanthanagoudar and Justice Indira Banerjee\u00a0sentenced\u00a0Sachin Kumar Singhraha\u00a0to undergo a sentence of 25 years&#8217; imprisonment (without remission).<\/p>\n<p>The deceased kid was studying in LKG, while she faced the horror and succumbed to it. While confirming the conviction recorded by the Trial court, the Apex court bench observed that though there are certain discrepancies in the evidence and procedural lapses have been brought on record, the same would not warrant giving the benefit of doubt to the accused.<\/p>\n<p>The bench, for holding that death penalty is not justified in this case, said that it is not convinced that the probability of reform of the accused is low, in the absence of prior offending history and keeping in mind his overall conduct. The court said:<\/p>\n<p>As has been well settled, life imprisonment is the rule to which the death penalty is the exception. 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