for interfering in someone's belief by way of 'use of force', provocation, conversion, incitement or upon a flawed premise that one religion is better than the other". Dismissing the Central Bureau of Investigation's plea for sentencing Singh to death, a Bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice B. S. Chauhan endorsed the Orissa High Court's finding that his crime did not fall under the rarest of rare category. In its 76-page judgment, the court came out strongly against the practice of conversion. However, four days later, on 25 January 2011, the Supreme Court of India, in a rare move, expunged its own comments with regards to conversions from its verdict. This was perhaps done due to severe criticism from the media. Leading editors, media groups and civil society members from across the country signed a statement taking strong exception to the Supreme Court's observation that the killing of Graham Staines and his two minor children was intended to teach the Australian missionary a lesson for preaching and practising conversion. See also Christian mission Murder of Lakshmanananda Saraswati References External links "Who Killed Australian Missionary Graham Staines?", by Arun Shourie "Graham Staines murder case: Chronology of events" at rediff.com, 22 September 2003 "Burnt Alive: The Staines and the God they Loved". A Book by Gospel Literature Service 1941 births 1999 deaths 1999 murders in India 20th-century translators Anti-Christian sentiment in Asia Australian evangelicals Australian expatriates in India Australia–India relations Australian people murdered abroad Australian Protestant missionaries Australian terrorism victims Bible translators Conversion to Christianity Evangelicalism in India Hate crimes in India Hinduism-motivated violence in India Leprosy nurses and caregivers Missionary linguists People from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland People murdered in Odisha Protestant missionaries in India Terrorist incidents in India in the 1990s Victims of anti-Christian violence Victims of serial killers