( 1 ) THE petitioner Shri Khem Chand is an old man of 70 years. He has a young and good looking unmarried daughter. One Kishori Lal, though married, had developed intimate relations with the petitioner s daughter. Petitioner came to know of this affair. He asked Kishori Lal either to stop meeting his daughter or marry her. Kishori Lal initially promised, but subsequently resiled. The case of the prosecution is that on the night of 23rd March, 1978, the petitioner in conspiracy with one Babu Lal committed the murder of not only Kishori Lal, against whom he had a grouse, but also of his wife, Kamla, his daughter Krishna and son Sushil Kumar. The petitioner (and Babu Lal) were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life by the order of Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi on 17th November, 1980 as the petitioner was quite old. Against this Judgment, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the High Court, wheres the Delhi Administration moved the petition for enhancement of sentence of imprisonment awarded to the petitioner, to that of death. Vide order dated 13th October, 1983, this Court dismissed the appeal of the petitioner but allowed the revision a