In Brief
The appellant was convicted of murder by throwing acid on a woman, causing 90% burn injuries leading to her death, and injuring three family members. The Sessions Court imposed death sentence, confirmed by the High Court. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction based on eyewitness testimony, fingerprint evidence, and the dying declaration of the deceased. However, it set aside the death sentence and substituted life imprisonment, holding the case does not qualify as 'rarest of rare' because the apparent intention was to disfigure rather than kill, and there was insufficient depravity to warrant capital punishment despite the serious nature of the crime.
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