Mentally Ill Victims Of Sexual Assault Require More Protection By The Society; Bombay HC Denies Relief To Man Convicted U/S.377 [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has denied relief to a man convicted under Sections 377 and 387 of the IPC and sentenced to seven years in prison for committing unnatural sexual intercourse on a 32-year-old mentally ill man. Justice Mridula Bhatkar was hearing the criminal revision application filed by Ramchandra Yadav, who has already undergone 4.5 years of his sentence. The court noted that a...