Orissa HC Commutes Death Sentence, Fixes 35-Yr Jail Term

No death penalty for man who stabbed wife 49 times three days after childbirth

The Orissa High Court replaced death sentence with 35-year imprisonment, ruling the brutal wife murder did not meet the “rarest of rare” threshold.

Orissa HC commutes death sentence, fixes 35-yr jail term

Orissa HC commutes Sanjeet Dash’s death sentence to life with 35-year minimum term; orders Odisha govt to pay Rs 10 lakh each to his two daughters.

HC Commutes Death Sentence Of Odisha Man Convicted Of Killing Wife, Critically Injuring Daughter

Kataka: The Orissa High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence awarded to a man for murdering his wife and attempting to kill his minor daughter by slitting her throat in Ghatikia area of Bhubaneswar four years ago. While commuting the death sentence awarded by a lower court, a Division Bench comprising Justice Manas Ranjan Pathak and Justice Sashikanta Mishra, sentenced the convict to life imprisonment for a fixed term of 35 years. The lo…

Odisha HC commutes death sentence of man convicted of killing wife, slitting minor daughter’s throat

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded to a man by a lower court in a high-profile case involving the murder of his wife and the slitting of his minor daughter’s throat in Ghatikia. A Division Bench comprising Justice Manas Ranjan Pathak and Justice Sashikanta Mishra pronounced the judgment in the case on Tuesday. The lower court had sentenced Sanjit Kumar Das to death after convicting him in the case. However, th…