Criminal Law News Child rape & murder: 56-yr-old’s death penalty commuted to life November 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 56-year-old man, facing gallows for brutally raping and murdering a three-year-old girl, has been spared death penalty by the Delhi High Court which has commuted it into life term. The court considered a report of probation officer (PO) on possibilities of reformation and rehabilitation of convict Bharat Singh and concluded that he can be “reformed”. […] Read more » Child rape & murder Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta Justice S. Muralidhar