{"id":21871,"date":"2012-07-19T15:41:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T10:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=21871"},"modified":"2012-07-19T15:42:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T10:12:07","slug":"hiv-convicts-jail-term-reduced-by-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hiv-convicts-jail-term-reduced-by-court","title":{"rendered":"HIV+ convict&#8217;s jail term reduced by court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Delhi court<\/span><\/strong><\/span> reduced two-year jail term awarded to a <span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>HIV\u00a0<\/strong>+<strong> man<\/strong><\/span> for stealing a railway property to six months on compassionate grounds.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar Jain<\/strong> <\/span>reduced the convict&#8217;s jail term, showing leniency to him because he being a HIV+\u00a0but rejecting his appeal against a magisterial court&#8217;s July 2011 judgment, which had held him guilty of stealing a railway article worth Rs 15,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Under Section 3 of the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, if accused is a previous convict, minimum sentence is prescribed for two years and fine not less than Rs 2,000 unless there are some special and adequate reasons&#8221;.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Admittedly, appellant is a HIV+ patient since 2010 and he is getting treatment from DDU Hospital, in my opinion this is sufficient reason to take a lenient view. 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