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SC frees murder convict, pulls up judge for parochial attitude

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra expressed deep anguish over the justification given by the trial court in its judgement for awarding death sentence.

It also expressed agony over the trial court judge's inclination to bring in the system of "lynching" which is prevalent in Arab nations.

"Learned judge says that they have come to 'our state', forgetting the fact that there is nothing like

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First Published: Dec 11 2012 | 9:35 PM IST

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