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HC commutes sentences of 3 convicts from life to 20 years in rape case
Capital Information
|May 09, 2025
The Bombay High Court has commuted the life sentence awarded to three convicts to 20 years in a rape case.
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Trio was convicted by a sessions court for raping a woman despite having past sexual history with her, a lawyer said here on Thursday.
The division bench of Justices Nitin Suryawanshi and M W Chandwani while upholding the conviction said in its order that when a woman says no, it means no, and there can be no presumption of consent based on her past sexual activities.
This story is from the May 09, 2025 edition of Capital Information.
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