As per the case facts the appellant was convicted by the Trial Court and High Court for kidnapping rape and murder of a young challenged girl and was sentenced to ... death The prosecution's case rested on circumstantial evidence while the appellant claimed false implication The appellant challenged his conviction and the capital punishment in the Supreme Court The question arose whether the conviction of the appellant and the death sentence awarded to him should be maintained or substituted by another sentence considering various aggravating and mitigating circumstances and legal precedents on capital punishment Finally the Supreme Court dismissed the appeals confirming the appellant's conviction for the offenses under the Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act and affirming the death sentence for the murder offense The court found that the crime and criminal tests considering aggravating circumstances like the victim's vulnerability and the nature of the crime supported the confirmed sentence