One-liner: It is the duty of courts to take into consideration not only crime but also the criminal, his state of mind and his socioeconomic conditions, the Supreme Court has said.
What the bench says: A bench said it is the duty of courts to take into consideration the probability of the accused being reformed and rehabilitated.
Need to know: This is the first offence committed by the appellant, no doubt, a heinous one. The certificate issued by the Jail Superintendent shows that the conduct of the appellant during incarceration has been satisfactory, the bench said.
Why death sentence: The SC said it can't, therefore, be said that there is no chance of the appellant being reformed and rehabilitated foreclosing the alternative option of a lesser sentence and making the imposition of death sentence imperative.
Source: PTI