“Just see the pathetic condition of the High Court,” the Bench remarked as the Supreme Court issues notice on a Chhattisgarh High Court judgment that converted a murder conviction into culpable homicide not amounting to murder. New Delhi: A murder conviction that the Chhattisgarh High Court reduced in November 2024 is back under scrutiny, with […]
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 upheld the conviction of an 80-year-old man in a 1992 criminal case but reduced his sentence to the period already served, considering his advanced age and long incarceration. The Court said it would be harsh and insensitive to send the elderly convict back to jail at this stage of his life.
