A division bench of Justices Rohit Deo and Urmila Joshi-Phalke dismissed the appeal by the man, observing that he had betrayed the trust of the survivor and “destroyed her life” when he “was under moral obligation to protect the child”.
The court reduced Suresh Shende’s sentence to 10 years in prison for culpable homicide not amounting to murder since he only used a stick and did not know that the injuries caused could result in his wife’s death.
In October, the Bombay HC had acquitted the former Delhi University professor in a case of allegedly having links with Maoists. But the SC reversed the order.
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