In Brief
This case concerns the conviction and sentencing of appellants for the murder of an eight-year-old schoolboy in a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme. The appellants sought to challenge their conviction under IPC sections 302, 34, and 364A. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, finding overwhelming evidence of motive (grievance over employment terms), the recovery of the concealed dead body, and the appellants' presence at the location around the probable time of death corroborated the charge. However, noting the appellants' youth and absence of prior criminal records, the Court held the case did not qualify as 'rarest of rare' for death penalty and substituted life imprisonment. The appeals were dismissed.
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