In Brief
The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Khushwinder Singh for the premeditated murder of six family members, including two minors, of the sole survivor. Using deception—posing as an agent for emigration and spiritual healing—the accused orchestrated their deaths in two stages, drugging victims with sleeping pills before drowning them in a canal to steal Rs. 37,00,000 and ornaments. The eyewitness testimony of the surviving family member, corroborated by independent witnesses and recoveries of stolen property, established guilt beyond doubt. The Court rejected arguments about contradictory statements as minor and immaterial, finding the case fell within the 'rarest of rare' category warranting capital punishment.
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