The Supreme Court reduced the sentence of an 80-year-old accused in a 1992 homicide case to the period already undergone, citing his advanced age and long lapse of time. The Court held that sending an elderly person back to prison at this stage would be harsh, stressing that “courts are not supposed to be insensitive.”
The Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to cartoonist Hemant Malviya after he apologised for posting an ‘objectionable’ caricature of PM Modi and the RSS. The Court warned that his bail could be cancelled if he fails to cooperate with the probe.
