The Madras High Court reduced the sentence of two women convicted of abetting a 15-year-old girl’s suicide, citing internalised misogyny and societal conditioning as mitigating factors in their behavior.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court revised its judgment, removing the controversial remark that described a rape convict as “kind enough” for not killing the survivor.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court revised its October 18 judgment, removing a controversial remark about a rape convict being “kind enough” to leave the survivor alive while maintaining its decision to reduce the sentence to 20 years.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has amended its earlier controversial judgment, removing the phrase “kind enough” in reference to a rape convict. However, the sentence reduction from life imprisonment to 20 years remains unchanged.
