between the state and the individual, prevailing standards
of constitutional morality and human dignity, the
Commission feels that time has come for India to move
towards abolition of the death penalty.
7.2.3
Although there is no valid penological
justification for treating terrorism differently from other
crimes, concern is often raised that abolition of death
penalty for terrorism related offences and waging war, will
affect national security. However, given the concerns raised
by the law makers, the commission does not see any
reason to wait any longer to take the first step towards
abolition of the death penalty for all offences other than
terrorism related offences.
7.2.4
The Commission accordingly recommends
that the death penalty be abolished for all crimes other
than terrorism related offences and waging war.”
(Emphasis supplied)
Having regard also to the said Report of the Law Commission that
the constitutional regulation of capital punishment attempted in
Bachan Singh (supra) has failed to prevent death sentences from
being
“arbitrarily
punishment
has
and
freakishly
failed
to
imposed”
achieve
any
and
that
constitutionally
capital
valid
penological goals, we are of the view that a time has come where we
view the need for death penalty as a punishment, especially its
purpose and practice.
24.
It is also a matter of anguishing concern as to how public
discourse on crimes have an impact on the trial, conviction and
sentence in a case. The Court’s duty to be constitutionally correct
even when its view is counter-majoritarian is also a factor which
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