SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

 

Attukkaran

 

Vs.

 

State of T.N.

 

Crl.A.No.158 of 1975

 

(S. Murtaza Fazl Ali and P. S. Kailasam, JJ.)

 

17.01.1977

 

JUDGEMENT

 

FAZAL ALI, J. :-

 

1. This appeal by special leave is confined only to the question of sentence. Having regard to the facts and circumstances under which the murder was committed by the appellant, we are satisfied that this was not a case which called for the extreme penalty of death. We, therefore, allow this appeal and commute the sentence of death to that of imprisonment for life.

            Appeal allowed.