Sentence of 80-Year-Old Convicted for Homicide Reduced; Court Says It Would Be ‘Harsh’ to Send Him to Jail at This Age: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India has reduced the sentence of an elderly man convicted for causing the death of another person during a village clash in 1992, limiting the punishment to the period already undergone. While maintaining the conviction under Section 304 Part II, Indian Penal Code, the Court took note of the advanced age of the convict, who is now over 80 years old, and held that sending him…
