SC reduces sentence of person convicted of raping minor
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:12.10.2021
In relief to a person convicted for raping a minor, the Supreme Court has reduced his sentence to eight-years imprisonment which he had already undergone. He was convicted for gang rape by trial court and was awarded a 20-year jail term.
A bench of Justices M R Shah and A R Bopanna upheld his conviction under Section 376 and not under Section 376D(gang rape) as done by trial court and Allahabad high court. The court also acquitted other accused in the case. The court said that the charge of gang rape has not been established with convincing evidence. “However, having already noted that the incident of rape alleged had been established, it would be a case to convict the appellant under Section 376 of IPC,” the Supreme Court bench said.
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