Observing that there are no injuries on the person of the accused, the Bombay High Court commuted the death sentence of a man, who was convicted for raping and killing a girl. The HC, accordingly acquitted the Thane-based man, a labourer from charges of murder, however, confirmed the conviction under rape.
The Bombay High Court last week acquitted a person of murder charges on the ground that extra-judicial confession made by the accused to a stranger cannot be the basis of conviction.
The Bombay High Court acquitted two people of murder charges on grounds that an extra-judicial confession made by the accused cannot be the basis of conviction.
Ruling that the incident was a case of culpable homicide and not murder, the Bombay High Court reduced the convicted man's sentence from life imprisonment to 10 years' jail time.