In Brief
A man was convicted of murdering a woman by throwing acid on her, which caused burns covering 90% of her body. Others in the family were also injured in the attack. The trial court and High Court both imposed a death sentence. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction as fully justified by eyewitness evidence and the dying declaration of the deceased identifying the attacker. However, the Court set aside the death sentence and substituted life imprisonment, holding that while the crime was grave, it did not fall into the 'rarest of rare' category warranting capital punishment, as the evidence suggested the intention was to severely injure rather than kill.
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