the Indian Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded by the trial court to two brothers for violently killing their brother-in-law

the Indian Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded by the trial court to two brothers for violently killing their brother-in-law by cutting his body into pieces on July 16, 2001. A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma decided the appropriate sentence for Parkash Sakha Vasave and his brother Ramu was life imprisonment, as the case did not fall into the rarest of the rare category. “It is apparent that the accused were annoyed with the deceased because of his illicit relationship with another lady while his wife was alive.” The state of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of all three accused by the Bombay High Court. The third accused, Shiva, was sentenced to life imprisonment but was acquitted by the Supreme Court.