KULJEET SINGH @ RANGA vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

The Supreme Court dismissed the Writ Petition filed by the petitioner seeking re-appraisal of his death sentence for the murder of two children, confirming the findings of the Sessions Court and High Court. The Court held that the evidence against the petitioner was overwhelming, establishing his complicity in the murders, despite the lack of premeditation. The Court emphasized that the petitioner was an active participant in a planned kidnapping and murder scheme, and upheld the death sentence as necessary for societal order under Article 32 of the Constitution of India.