In Brief
This case involved a criminal appeal against a death sentence for killing three minor children aged 8, 6, and 4 years. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction based on circumstantial evidence, finding the prosecution had established a complete chain of events. However, it modified the death sentence to life imprisonment without remission for 25 years because the trial court convicted and sentenced the accused on the same day without affording him an opportunity to be heard on sentencing. The Court affirmed that while conviction and sentencing can occur on the same day, procedural fairness in sentencing must be preserved.
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