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Observing the murder committed by a man to come under the ambit of rarest of rare cases, the Allahabad High Court upheld the conviction of the man who had murdered his wife and 4 minor daughters aged 7, 5, 3 and one and a half months old.
The observation comes after the man filed an appeal in the Allahabad High Court after the accused was convicted for the offence of murder under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and was given the punishment of death sentence by the Sessions Judge, Lakhimpur Kheri.
The accused imposed severe incised wounds on the bodies of his wife and daughters thereby putting them on fire which resulted in deep burns all over their bodies after which the Trial Court concluded the murder to be of gruesome nature which shocks not only the judicial conscience but even the conscience of the society.
The High Court observed that while the burden of the proof lies on the prosecution to prove the chain of events that shall point out the guilt of the accused, the deposition of the brother of the deceased shows the sufficient motive of the accused to commit the crime.
The brother had earlier submitted that the deceased, who was his sister, had informed him regarding the illicit relationship she shared with her husband.
The High Court also rejected the contention of the accused of not being present at the scene of the crime, by stating that the kerosene oil found all over the body of the accused was sufficient to prove his presence.
It was further noted that the primary reason for killing the daughters by the accused was to escape from the responsibility and liability of bringing them up.
The High Court concluded that there existed no possibility of reformation of the accused and hence taking in the pieces of evidence and witness testimonies, the decision of the Trial Court to award capital punishment was upheld wherein the instant case was found to come in the ambit of rarest of rare.
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