years and his conduct and behaviour is satisfactory with other inmates and prison staff. Same is the report of the probation officers dated 28/06/2023 and they further state that appellant is not involved in any criminal activity in jail for the past 6 years and his behaviour with jail staff and inmates is satisfactory. 28. As per the Mitigation Investigation Report forwarded by Ms. Neha Kangralkar dated 25/04/2023 titled ‘Mitigation Investigation Report for Eknath Kisan Kumbharkar’, the following mitigation circumstances are identified. i.Time spent in prison: Appellant has spent about 11 years behind bars. ii.Absence of criminal antecedents iii.Socio-economic background: Appellant comes from a poor nomadic community in Maharashtra. He had an alcoholic father, and was forced to start working since the age of 5 to support his family, doing odd jobs such as cattle rearing and selling milk. After his marriage, he tried different jobs including driving an auto. iv.Adverse childhood experiences: Appellant suffered from parental neglect due to poverty and it was primarily his elder sisters who brought him up. He grew up witnessing his alcoholic father’s physical and verbal abuse, and dropped out of school when he was 10 years old and had to enter the workforce at an early age. v.Efforts to bring family out of poverty: Appellant made constant efforts to bring his family out of poverty, including by borrowing money to buy autos to earn more. However, due to his poverty and debt, he was unable to keep the autos. vi.Mental and emotional disturbance: Appellant was under immense pressure from his community due to the inter-caste marriage of the deceased as well as prior ostracization from their community due to a family 19