In a verdict, the first of its kind, the Supreme Court today reduced the sentence of three persons, convicted for gang raping a woman in Ludhiana district in 1997, from 10 years to 3.5 years on the basis of a “compromise formula,” under which they would pay Rs 1.5 lakh to the victim.
A Bench comprising Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra scaled down the sentence, following the pleadings by the convicts as well as the victim that they had arrived at a "compromise formula" and as such did not want to pursue the case.
Under the compromise, each of the convict would pay Rs 50,000 to the victim. It was further contended that all of them had got married and were leading their own lives peacefully. More...
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