In a rare decision, the Supreme Court gave a “new lease of life” to a woman convicted of killing her fiancé, pausing her sentence and granting 8 weeks to seek pardon, saying, “They were not born as criminals.”
The Allahabad High Court refused bail to a man accused of raping a 4-year-old girl while observing that in our country little girls are worshipped. The Court was hearing a Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application filed by the Applicant seeking enlargement on bail in a Crime case registered under Sections 363, 376, 511 IPC and Section 9M, 9U/10 POCSO Act. The bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav observed, “In our country, little girls are worshiped. Rape is a heinous crime and this type of cases are increasing day by day in our society.”
