As per the case facts an FIR was lodged concerning an incident involving multiple offenses including murder The trial court convicted the appellant and awarded the death penalty which the ... High Court upheld for the appellant while commuting it for another co-accused The reason for the appeal to the Supreme Court was to challenge the conviction and sentence particularly the death penalty The question arose whether the conviction and death penalty imposed on the appellant were sustainable in law especially considering the circumstances of the crime and the principles for imposing capital punishment or life imprisonment Finally the Supreme Court confirmed the conviction of the appellant under Section of the IPC but converted the death penalty to imprisonment for a fixed term of twenty years without remission The Court found that the case fell into a middle path for sentencing ensuring the appellant would not be considered for premature release unless he completed the actual sentence period

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