Indore: Recently, the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh delivered a verdict in which it commuted the life sentence of a rapist to 20 years in jail. The Indore bench commuted the life sentence of the convict on the basis that the offender did not kill the 4-year-old victim after raping her. Justice Subodh Abhyankar and Justice SK Singh found the appellant guilty but thought it fit to commute his life sentence.
The Bench observed, "In such circumstances, the Court finds no error in appreciating the evidence by the Trial Court and in considering the appellant's horrific act, which is no respect for the dignity of the woman." In the case of the sexual offence of a 4-year-old girl, the Court does not find it a fit case where the sentence already awarded can be commuted, though considering the fact that he was kind enough to leave the aggrieved party alive, therefore the Court is of the opinion that the sentence of life imprisonment for the offender should be commuted to rigorous imprisonment of 20 years."
The complainant is guilty of raping a 4-year-old girl who was booked under Section 376(2)(f) of the Indian Penal Code. Now the criminal had filed an appeal against his conviction in the court. The decision was taken by the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The appellant, while making his point before the court, said that he has been falsely implicated in this case. He also informed that the FSL report has not been brought out by the victim. The appellant had argued that it was not an offence punishable with imprisonment for life. Unlike the appellant, the state government argued that the offence of the offender was not worthy of leniency. His appeal should be dismissed. Examining the arguments of the parties and the trial court, the court said the appellant has been rightly convicted for the offence. To deal with the objection regarding non-bringing of the FSL report on record, the court held that it was an example of negligence on the part of the police. Even after all this, the Court held that the facts have been thoroughly examined and then the punishment has been given.
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