Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 302, 326, 436, 148 & 149–Death sentence–Propriety of–Appellant set ablaze 23 houses and caused the death of 15 persons–Several persons sustained injuries–Offence proved beyond doubt–Few circumstances favoring the appellant to hold the case not a rarest of the rare case–Appellant alone could not have executed such a crime–He is a tribal member of extremist group raging war against the minority settlers, apprehending perhaps they might snatch away their livelihood and encroach upon their properties–Sentence reduced up to the imprisonment of 20 years without remission.
