"The conviction is maintained," a Bench comprising Justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad said.
However, the Bench said "To our mind, certain things are in favour of appellant (Singh). We are converting the punishment of death sentence into the life imprisonment."
Singh, son of former senior IPS officer, had challenged his conviction and death sentence awarded by the Delhi high court which had set aside his acquittal by the trial court in the case.
The apex court had on July 29 reserved its verdict on Singh's appeal.
Singh, a law student in the Delhi University, had raped and murdered Priyadarshini, a third-year law student, in January 1996.
Singh was acquitted by the trial court on December 3, 1999, but the Delhi high court had on October 27, 2006, reversed that decision by holding him guilty of rape and murder.
CBI has sought upholding of the death sentence saying the high court had correctly appreciated the evidence leading to his conviction.
I saw an article in TOI some time back that majority of the SC judges are corrupt. Santosh managed to get a life sentence and there would be loopholes for him to get out and commit similar crimes because he is the son of an IPS Officer. Despite the rapid strides India has made, 'whom you know' plays an important role in India life, which is very sad indeed. My sympathies to Priyadarshini's family.
hilarious.... he has killed only one hahaaha. how many u think he should kill before being eligible for death sentence.Yes this is mockery of system. e brutally raped and murdered an innocent girl and anything less then death is not acceptable ..
It shows how much value, a woman's life has in India. This is how women have been ridiculed in the past and will continue to be so. It just doesn't matter if a woman is raped, killed, harrassed. The country is heading towards nowhere in its culture. There exists no civil behaviour in the society. Women have to constantly live a scary life until their death.
Does this mean that he will serve another 14 years behind the bars or will be out as the justice already dragged for 14 years. Usually the amount of time already spent in jail is reduced from the final sentence. Life imprisonment is usually for 14 years in India. Does this mean this aquital in disguise. Something is not right here.
i don't think SC should be called Honourable from now onwards
The judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme court is totally unfortunate. This is a case where the culprit had committed a heinous crime with impunity taking advantage of his father's official position arrogating unto himself as the rule of law. It is precisely what element of evidence that deterred the learned judges from confirming the capital punishment and reducing it to life term.This fellow with his father's clout would be let off on some golden events like Mahathma Gandhi's birthday or Independence day or some other solemn event carefully chosen by his supporters, that has been serving as an escape route for proven criminals who may be later enrolled as an activist of some political party.. This will create a very bad precedent in the history of criminal trial.
The evidence as suggested is only circumstantial. Thats what goes in the defendant's favour. The CBI has done a shoddy job to not get a clear proof. The behavior of the defendant was also taken into account. Even if its real life imprisonment and not just 14 years as the SC has pointed out, I would take the judgment.
Blind/blind folded can't see. An elephant is like a pillar to one who feels the leg, a python who feels the trunk, a rope who feels the tail.
That is Indian justice. A real comedy.
Not gone mad!It is obvious that they have been bribed. As usual, people of India will put up with this.
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