NDLI: Sahib Hussain @ Sahib Jan Vs. State of Rajasthan

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Sentence Circumstantial evidence judicial confession
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Act(s) Referred	Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860)
Case(s) Referred	Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 Referred Case 5 Referred Case 6
Case Type	Appeal
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Appeal Dismissed
Headnote	PENAL CODE, 1860: s.302- Accused committing 5 murders including of three children - Circumstantial evidence - Held: The deaths established as homicidal in nature, evidence of witnesses, extra-judicial confession, absconding of accused, his conduct at the time of his arrest, recoveries of incriminating articles made pursuant to disclosure statement, the motive and the statement of accused u/s 313 CrPC, all connect him to the crime and establish his guilt - Judgment of High Court affirming the conviction and commuting the death sentence to imprisonment for 20 years with a further direction that accused be not granted any remission meanwhile, upheld - Sentence/Sentencing - Evidence - Circumstantial evidence - Extra - judicial confession.SENTENCE/SENTENCING: Sentence for a fixed term with a further embargo on remissions - Death sentence awarded by trial court to accused found guilty of causing death of five persons including of three children - Commuted by High Court to imprisonment for 20 years with a further direction that accused be not granted any remissions till then - Held: The decision of High Court cannot be faulted with in the light of well reasoned judgments of Supreme Court over a decade - Penal Code, 1860 - s.302The appellant was prosecuted for causing death of 5 persons including three children. The prosecution case was that on 27-10-2006 at 10.30 p.m. PW1 found the appellant talking to PW4 that he had finished 'S' the sister-in-law, three children and one 'MM'. PW1 rushed towards their house and found 'MM' lying in a pool of blood outside the room and the bodies of the three children and 'S' lying inside the rooms. He informed the employer (PW2) over telephone. Subsequently, a written report was handed over to police. 'MM' also on the way to hospital. The trial court convicted the appellant u/s 302 IPC and sentenced him to death. The High Court upheld the conviction, but commuted the sentence to life imprisonment for a period of 20 years and further directed that till then the accused should not get the benefit of any remission.
Judge	Honble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam
Neutral Citation	2013 INSC 270
Petitioner	Sahib Hussain @ Sahib Jan
Respondent	State Of Rajasthan
SCR	[2013] 2 S.C.R. 1019
Judgement Date	2013-04-18
Case Number	2083-2084

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