( 1 ) THE appellant was convicted by the trial court for the offence punishable under Section 302 Indian Penal Code and sentenced to death. The High court confirmed the conviction and also the death sentence. Co-accused, Doran Dass was convicted under Section 302 read with Section 120-B Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life. His conviction and sentence were also confirmed by the High court. Both the accused then filed special leave petitions in this court for obtaining leave to appeal against the judgment and order passed by the High court. The special leave petition filed by Doran Dass was dismissed. Leave was granted to the appellant on the question of sentence only. Therefore, the only point that we are required to consider in this appeal is whether the sentence of death imposed upon the appellant is proper.

( 2 ) FOR awarding the death sentence, the trial court gave the following reasons:

(1 that the appellant committed murder of Kusum Devi at the instance of Doran Dass and on payment of Rs 10,000. 00,

(2 that the appellant is a professional killer, and

(3 that the appellant is such a daredevil that he committed the murder of Kusum Devi in broad daylight