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murderer is in a dominating position or in a position of
of the motherland.
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trust; or murder is committed in the course for betrayal
(iii) When murder of member of a Scheduled Caste or
minority community etc. is committed not for personal
reasons but in circumstances which arouse social wrath;
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or in cases of 'bride burning' or 'dowry deaths' or when
murder is committed in order to remarry for the sake of
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extracting dowry once again or to marry another woman
on account of infatuation.
(iv) When the crime is enormous in proportion. For instance
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when multiple murders, say of all or almost all the
members of a family or a large number of persons of a
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particular caste, community or locality, are committed.
(v)
When the victim of murder is an innocent child, or a
helpless woman or old or infirm person or a person visa-vis whom the murderer is in a dominating position, or
a public figure generally loved and respected by the
community.
80.
In this case, Their Lordships have observed that
guidelines indicated in Bachan Singh Vs. State of Punjab (supra)
will have to be culled out and applied to the facts of each
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