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A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Amit Sharma reduced the death sentence punishment, awarded by the trial court, to life imprisonment.
“In view of the ongoing discussion, Judgement of conviction is UPHLED. The sentence of death imposed by is however not confirmed. The order dated March 15 is modified to that extent. The appeal is allowed in part,” the apex court said.
The trial court, in 2021 March, found Khan's offence to be under the "rarest of rare" category and hence warranted the maximum sentence of capital punishment. Khan filed a plea challenging the verdict and his punishment in the high court in 2021 July through advocates MS Khan and Qausar Khan.