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Sentence of death is to be awarded in rarest of rare cases, it was laid down by the Supreme Court in…

In Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab (AIR 1980 SC 898), a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court propounded the 'rarest of rare' doctrine for awarding the death sentence.

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Sentence of death is to be awarded in rarest of rare cases, it was laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of :-

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In Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab (AIR 1980 SC 898), a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court propounded the 'rarest of rare' doctrine for awarding the death sentence.

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