In Brief
The appellant was convicted of kidnapping and raping a minor girl and murdering two children by poisoning them with cow dung powder and throwing them into a canal. The trial court and High Court upheld convictions under IPC Sections 302, 376, and 201 based on a confessional statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC. The Supreme Court confirmed the conviction but declined to impose the death sentence, finding the case did not fall within the 'rarest of rare' category. Instead, the Court imposed life imprisonment without remission or commutation, reflecting the extreme heinousness of the crime while reserving capital punishment for the most exceptional cases.
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