Calcutta High Court Replaces Death Sentence with Life Term in Brutal Stabbing Case

Susanta Chowdhury’s death sentence for stabbing his ex-girlfriend 45 times was commuted to life imprisonment by the Calcutta High Court, which deemed the case not among the “rarest of rare.” The court imposed a 40-year non-remission term, emphasizing Chowdhury’s potential for reformation due to his youth and absence of prior criminal record.