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Supreme Court of India 2021-12-08 dismissed

POTTAYIL RADHA vs STATE OF KERALA AND ANR

Bench: 3 — Uday Umesh Lalit, Vineet Saran, S. Ravindra Bhat

In Brief

Pottayil Radha challenged a Supreme Court order that had reduced her criminal sentence to six months and directed the accused to deposit Rs. 2,50,000/- as compensation for her. The Court found no error apparent in the earlier order, which balanced sentence reduction with the monetary compensation. Since the High Court's original sentence reduction was never challenged and the compensation was a discretionary measure to ensure complainant's redress, the review petition was dismissed as the petitioner failed to demonstrate any reviewable error.

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