But the SC said that to characterize rape as heinous and to justify the imposition of death penalty, the concurrence of the minority of the victim and her relationship to the offender, as a single special
aggravating circumstance, must be alleged.
The panel is comfortably satisfied there are
aggravating circumstances in the case at hand as it was obvious to the panel the athlete used rEPO as part of a scheme or plan.
begin strikethrough]is presented in order that you might determine, first, whether sufficient
aggravating circumstances exist that would justify the imposition of the death penalty and, second, whether there are mitigating circumstances sufficient to outweigh the
aggravating circumstances, if any.
It hardly needs to be mentioned that an appropriate sentence has to be awarded by taking into consideration the gravity of offence, the manner of commission, the age of the accused and other mitigating and
aggravating circumstances.
If convicted, he faces 15 years in jail but because of
aggravating circumstances he could get a life sentence.
The magnate is facing the charges of intentional acts of violence with
aggravating circumstances after he assaulted former Cambodian Television Network presenter Ek Socheata, better known as Sasa, in an argument on July 2 and fled to Singapore on July 8.
One of the issues we raised was the validity of information, they mentioned
aggravating circumstances to make it a murder case like they said there was treachery or abuse in strength but we said it was in the information but not in the statement of witnesses and in the fiscal so why was that included?
He said no
aggravating circumstances, such as irresponsible driving, had led to the crash on the B4317 in Carmarthenshire in November 2013.
I plead not guilty to all five counts, my lady," Dewani told the judge on the first day of his trial, after the state's prosecutor read out the charges including murder, kidnapping and robbery with
aggravating circumstances.
The millionaire businessman was extradited from the UK to face trial charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping, robbery with
aggravating circumstances, murder, kidnapping, and defeating the ends of justice.
Dewani, who has not yet entered pleas, faces charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, robbery with
aggravating circumstances, murder, kidnapping, and defeating the ends of justice.
While pronouncing the verdict, Sessions judge Vrushali Joshi said: "Considering the mitigating and
aggravating circumstances, I am of the opinion that the case does not fall under the rarest of the rare category" and ordered that he be imprisoned for the rest of his life.
