{"id":48721,"date":"2017-06-22T08:55:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T03:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48721"},"modified":"2017-06-22T08:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T03:25:53","slug":"delhi-hc-allows-40-year-old-rape-convict-walk-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-hc-allows-40-year-old-rape-convict-walk-free","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC allows 40-year-old rape convict to walk free"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47346\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47346\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sfi-dyfi-activists-get-bail\/bail-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-47346 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Delhi HC allows 40-year-old rape convict to walk free\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delhi HC allows 40-year-old rape convict to walk free<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taking a lenient view towards a 40-year-old man undergoing 10-year-jail term in a rape case, the Delhi High Court has set him free by reducing his sentence to seven years already spent by him behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>The court ordered his immediate release considering that the conduct of the convict, who has a wife and two children to look after, has been satisfactory in prison.<\/p>\n<p>While modifying the sentence, it also noted that despite being granted bail in the case, the convict, a security guard, could not come out of jail as he failed to furnish the bail bond due to poverty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Upon hearing and on perusal of trial court judgement and evidence on record, I find that the conviction of appellant (convict) is well merited. However, order on sentence needs to be varied.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Considering the fact that appellant is in jail for last more than seven years&#8230;indicates that his conduct in jail has been satisfactory and he is not involved in any other case and also that he is a poor person, who has family responsibilities to shoulder,&#8221; Justice Sunil Gaur said.<\/p>\n<p>The man had moved the high court challenging a trial court&#8217;s October 2013 decision sentencing him to ten years in jail for raping and outraging modesty of a married woman, who was his neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>The trial court had also slapped a fine of Rs 60,000 on the convict.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police, the man had sexually assaulted the woman on March 2, 2011 while she was alone in her house.<\/p>\n<p>The man, however, had claimed innocence and submitted that he was falsely implicated in the case as he had a quarrel with the woman and her husband over a petty issue.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking a lenient view towards a 40-year-old man undergoing 10-year-jail term in a rape case, the Delhi High Court has set him free by reducing his sentence to seven years already spent by him behind bars. 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