This judgment is about the Allahabad High Court commuting the death sentence of three convicts to life imprisonment in a case of four murders arising from a dispute over graveyard land, holding that the trial court failed to properly apply the "rarest of rare" doctrine.

Case Snapshot

• Case Name: Amzad & Ors. v. State of U.P. (with Smt. Shakeela v. State of U.P. and Reference No. 15 of 2022)

• Citation / Neutral Citation: Capital Cases No. 20 of 2022; Criminal Appeal No. 8766 of 2022; Reference No. 15 of 2022; 2026:AHC:230499-DB

• High Court: High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

• Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Siddharth and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi

• Date of Judgment: 05.11.2026

• Area of Law: Indian Penal Code — Sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 307, 323, 504, 506; Death Sentence Reference; Doctrine of Rarest of Rare

Judgment Headline

Allahabad High Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life in Graveyard Land Murder Case

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