AFTAB AHMAD ANASARI vs STATE OF UTTARANCHAL

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Sections 302, 376, and 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl, Yasmeen. The Court modified the death sentence to life imprisonment for the murder under Section 302 IPC while affirming the life sentence for rape under Section 376 IPC and the seven-year sentence for causing disappearance of evidence under Section 201 IPC. The judgment emphasized the gravity of the offences and the need for stringent punishment in such heinous crimes.