“He Slayed 6 Lives To Quench His Thirst”: Allahabad High Court Confirms Death Penalty Awarded To Man Who Killed Wife, Own Children

Case: State of U.P. v. Sarvan and connected appeals

Coram: Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Saroj Yadav

Case No.: Capital Case No. – 3 Of 2017

Court Observation: “The above conduct, attitude and manner in which murder of four persons of his family and two persons of his neighbours was committed by convict/appellant Sarvan shows that convict/appellant Sarvan is a menace to the Society and if he is not awarded death penalty, others members of the Society may not be safe. He slayed six lives to quench his thirst. The entire incident is extremely revolting and shocks the collective conscience of the community”

“Here is a case which can be said to be in the category of “rarest of rare” case and justify award of death punishment to convict/appellant Sarvan. We are also clearly of the view that convict/appellant Sarvan is a menace to the society and there is no chance of his rehabilitation or reformation and no leniency in imposing punishment is called for”

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