The Supreme Court yesterday commuted to life sentence the death penalty on Sunil Damodar Gaikwad, who stabbed to death his wife and two sons when they were sleeping and tried to kill his daughter, driven by poverty.

The SC said: "Socio-economic compulsions such as poverty are also factors that are to be considered by courts while awarding a sentence."  Read

Will this work against the prosecution's demand for the death sentence in the Delhi gang rape? Await Friday, 2.30 pm.