In Brief
This criminal appeal addressed the sentencing of a 22-year-old appellant convicted of raping a child aged 3.5 years. The appellant had already served seven years and sought a sentence of period undergone, citing his youth, clean criminal record, and good jail conduct. The Supreme Court held that while these mitigating factors warranted sentence reduction, they did not justify release. The Court reduced the sentence from life imprisonment to ten years rigorous imprisonment without remission, balancing the appellant's rehabilitation potential against the severity of the offence against a young vulnerable victim.
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