In Brief
The appellant was convicted of murdering a woman named Ruby and injuring three family members by throwing acid on them. He received a death sentence confirmed by the High Court. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction based on credible eyewitness evidence and the victim's dying declaration. However, the Court set aside the death sentence and imposed life imprisonment instead, holding that the case did not qualify as 'rarest of rare' warranting capital punishment. The Court found the crime was motivated by romantic disappointment rather than cold-blooded premeditation, and that life imprisonment is the rule and death sentence the exception.
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