Crime committed with extremist brutality and collective conscious of society would be shocked

• Sections 302, 307, 364, 201 and 380 IPC Murder of six persons Death sentence Sole survivor is eye-witness to incident Accused was last seen together with deceased Prosecution has proved case against accused by leading cogent evidence Witnesses who were examined by prosecution are trustworthy and reliable There are also recoveries of cash and ornaments from house of accused which were recovered at instance of accused Merely because earlier there might have been search at house of accused and nothing was found at that time, cannot be a ground to discard recoveries made subsequently Prosecution has been successful in proving motive for accused to commit offence Aggravating circumstance would tilt balance in favour of capital punishment Crime committed with extremist brutality and collective conscious of society would be shocked Capital punishment/death sentence affirmed KHUSHWINDER vs STATE OF PUNJAB CRLA 1433/14 05/03/19 [  A.K. Sikri JJ ] [ SUPREME COURT ]