“Life Should Not Be Taken Away Lightly”: Death Sentence Commuted in Child Rape-Murder Case: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur has commuted the death sentence imposed on Ram Narayan @ Bhanu Dhimar in a serious child sexual assault and murder case. A Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Kumar Singh delivered the judgment on August 31, 2026. The Court upheld Ram Narayan’s conviction after considering the evidence as a whole, but held that the case did not satisfy the legal…