In Brief
A 22-year-old first-time offender convicted of raping a three-and-a-half-year-old child sought a reduction in his life sentence, citing the seven years already served and his good jail conduct. While the Supreme Court rejected a plea for sentence of period undergone given the victim's young age and vulnerability, it reduced the sentence from life imprisonment to ten years rigorous imprisonment without remission, considering the appellant's youth, clean criminal history, and exemplary jail conduct.
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