Sentence Reduction Denied for Young Man Convicted of Killing Innocent Bystander in Family Feud Over Rape and Marriage: Supreme Court
In a notable judgment dated October 17, 2025, the Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal of a 20-year-old convict, Kotresh alias Kotrappa, who sought further reduction in his prison sentence. The Criminal Appeal, arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 16833 of 2024, was heard by a bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine George Masih. The apex court upheld the decision of the Karnataka High Court, which had…
