The death penalty is valid in law, says the Supreme Court in its judgment 2: 1

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court, by a 2 to 1 majority, confirmed Wednesday the validity of the death penalty in the settlement.

On Wednesday, a three-judge panel composed of Judges Joseph Kurian, Deepak Gupta and Hemant Gupta ruled on the validity

Judge Kurian Joseph, the highest judge of the court, quotes the report of the 262nd law to declare that the death penalty did not have a deterrent effect on crimes in society.
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He said that trials are generally subject to public opinion and collective demand and that the investigative agencies are increasing pressure on the courts by invoking the pbadions and feelings of the public.
But the other two judges on the bench dissented with their senior colleague.

Judge Deepak Gupta, reading the majority opinion on this point, stated that the death penalty was a valid sentence and that, in view of the Supreme Court decisions rendered in the cases of Bachan Singh and Machhi Singh in the 1980s, there is no need to debate the accuracy of the reasons. capital punishment.

However, in the case at hand, the three judges were unanimous when they commuted the death sentence of the convicted Chhannu Lal Verma to life imprisonment.

Verma was convicted of the murder of three people in 2011. The Supreme Court said Wednesday that there was no evidence showing that it was beyond the reform and that the sentence of life imprisonment would prove to be an insufficient punishment for his crime.