Rape of Four Year Old Brutal, But Degree of Brutality Lacking: HC Commutes Death To Life Imprisonment

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, has recently reviewed a case of a 20-year-old scheduled tribe man, convicted and sentenced to death by a trial court for raping a four-year-old girl and commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. In its order, the court acknowledged that while the crime was undeniably brutal it lacked the degree […]