Ss. 302 and 364 – Kidnapping and murder – conviction based on circumstantial evidence –In the facts and circumstances of the case, more particularly, the mental condition of the accused at the time of the commission of the offence and that the accused was under extreme mental disturbance due to his wife eloped with the uncle of the deceased and his children were deprived of the company of their mother, the mitigating circumstances are in favour of the accused to convert the death sentence to life imprisonment
(2020) 4 SCC 451- Manoj Suryavanshi v State of Chhattisgarh