Rape And Murder Of 5 Year Old Girl: SC Sets Aside Death Penalty; Sentences Accused To 25Yrs Imprisonment [Read Order]

The Supreme Court recently commuted the death sentence awarded to a man accused of rape and murder of a minor girl of age five years.Initially, the Trial Court had imposed capital sentence convicting the accused [Dileep Bankar] for offences under Sections 363, 366, 376 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The High Court of Madhya Pradesh set aside this judgment of the trial Court and remanded...