Judge reduces the sentence of a rapist(victim 10 month old girl).Pretext being-he was living alone and away from his family.
HC reduces prison term for man who sodomised baby
The Bombay High Court has reduced punishment for a man convicted of sodomising a 10-month-old girl child, accepting his contention that he lost control over himself as he was living away from his family.
Although the court upheld his conviction under Section 377 of the IPC, it reduced the sentence handed out to Ramkishan Harijan, who worked as a labourer with a brick-trader in Mumbai, from 10 years to seven.
In his judgment, Justice M L Tahaliyani also said that the six years Harijan had already spent in jail be taken into account.
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