SC Stays Death Penalty For Haryana Woman & Her Lover For Murdering 7 Members Of Her Family [Read Order]
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SC Stays Death Penalty For Haryana Woman & Her Lover For Murdering 7 Members Of Her Family [Read Order]

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The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the death sentence awarded to a Haryana woman and her boyfriend for poisoning and strangulating seven members of her family, including four children, in September 2009.The stay was granted by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Navin Sinha against an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in. The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the death sentence awarded to a Haryana woman and her boyfriend for poisoning and strangulating seven members of her family, including four children, in September 2009. The stay was granted by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Navin Sinha against an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in July this year. For instance when multiple murders, say of all or almost all the members of a family or a large number of persons of a particular caste, community, or locality are committed.” Applying the principle to the facts of the case, the Court had noted that the act committed by them was deplorable and had upheld the sentence awarded to the duo.

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