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SC Commutes Death Sentence Of Bank Manager Who Killed His Two Children In 2010

SC Commutes Death Sentence Of Bank Manager Who Killed His Two Children In 2010

Last Updated:March 05, 2025, 00:51 IST The man killed his children to teach his wife a lesson for not supporting him when he disapproved of her sister’s affair. He was also separately tried and convicted for the murders of his sister-in-law and mother-in-law The SC bench commuted the death sentence into imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life. (Image: PTI/File) The Supreme Court recently commuted the death penalty of a bank manager, who killed his two children in June 2010, to teach his wife a lesson for not supporting him when he disapproved of the person her sister was having an affair with. He was also separately tried and convicted for the murders of his sister-in-law and mother-in-law. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, and Sandeep Mehta upheld the man’s conviction for the murders of his minor children, aged 10 and three-and-a-half. But, the bench commuted the sentence of capital punishment into imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life, as he had no criminal antecedents and had good relations with the …