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Ram Narayan alias Bhanu Dhimar v. State of Madhya Pradesh — MP High Court Commutes Death Sentence for Man Convicted of Rape-Murder of Toddler, Says "Not Rarest of Rare"

MP High Court upholds the conviction but commutes to life imprisonment the death sentence of a man found guilty of raping and murdering a two-year-old girl in Shahdol district, holding the case did not meet the "rarest of rare" threshold for capital punishment.

Decided: 07 Sep 2026

Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Kumar Singh (Division Bench)

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