In a significant ruling on capital sentencing jurisprudence, the Calcutta High Court Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri, comprising Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Smita Das De, upheld the murder conviction of a man for killing his wife with an axe but commuted his death penalty to rigorous imprisonment for life. The Division Bench held that the
Calcutta HC Disapproves Trial Court’s Reliance on Vedic Marriage Rituals to Justify Death Penalty, Commutes Sentence to Life
