Murder--Doctrine of Parity--Appellant submitted that there is a parity between the co-accused persons and while other were convicted under Section 304 Part II IPC he alone has been convicted under Section 302 IPC--However, appellant had given a fatal blow on the neck with aruval and injury caused by such act proved fatal--Plea of parity rejected.

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Eye-witness--Simply because the eyewitnesses did not make any attempt to save the life of the deceased from the clutches of the accused persons, their abnormal conduct by itself cannot be taken as a ground to disbelieve and discard their testimony.

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Murder motivated by illicit relationship does not fall in rarest of rare category.

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Murder—Death Sentence—Special Leave Petition filed in those cases where death sentence is awarded by the courts below, should not be dismissed without giving reasons

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Relation witness--If witness is related to the deceased, his evidence has to be accepted if found to be reliable and believed because he would inter alia be interested in ensuring that real culprits are punished.

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