When rarest of rare can be attributed to offence

Panchhi & Ors. v. State of U.P. [AIR 1998 SC 2726] a three-Judge Bench of Supreme Court has held:

“Brutality of the manner in which a murder was perpetrated may be a ground but not the sole criterion for judging whether the case is one of the “rarest of rare cases” as indicated in,  Bachan Singh’s case, (AIR 1980 SC 898), in  a  way  every  murder  is  brutal,  and  the difference between one from the other may be on account of mitigating or aggravating features surrounding the murder.”

.... SANAULLAH KHAN Vs. STATE OF BIHAR. Coram: A.K. PATNAIK, MADAN B. LOKUR. Dt.15/02/2013