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Court Cuts Rape Convict's Jail Term Citing Essay on Gandhi
Kashmir Observer
|FEBRUARY 12, 2026 ISSUE
The Bombay High Court has reduced the life sentence of a man, convicted for raping a minor girl, to 12 years, taking note of his young age, long incarceration and reformative efforts in prison, including participation in an essay programme on Mahatma Gandhi.
A bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Sandesh Patil, in its February 2 order, a copy of which was made available on Tuesday, upheld the conviction of the man in the 2016 offence, but noted the life sentence imposed on him deserves to be reduced.
The bench passed the order on an appeal filed by the convict, challenging the life sentence imposed on him by a special Pocso court.
This story is from the FEBRUARY 12, 2026 ISSUE edition of Kashmir Observer.
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