Death penalty confirmed by it can be challenged under Art 32 petition: SC

In a significant and rare ruling, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the reconsideration of the death penalty imposed on Vasanta Sampta Dupare, a Nagpur resident, convicted for the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl.

- Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty @ New Delhi

The top court set aside its 2017 verdict, which had upheld Dupare's death sentence, and ruled that capital punishment cases can be reopened under Article 32 of the Constitution if mandatory guidelines for sentencing are not followed.