Death Sentence Commuted As Case Not 'Rarest Of Rare' Despite Brutal Murder Of Ex-Girlfriend: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court, in a recent judgment, commuted the death sentence of a man convicted under Section 302, Indian Penal Code for the murder of his ex-girlfriend. The division bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Shabbar Rashidi concluded that the case did not fall into the “rarest of rare” category, which is required for the imposition of the death penalty. Details of the Crime The convict, Susanta Chowdhury,…