HC orders rape convict to pay Rs 1 lakh to survivor, cuts sentence
In a verdict that is abound to be widely discussed, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court reduced a rape convict’s sentence on a condition that he pay Rs1 lakh to the survivor, over 11 years after the incident in 2004. The survivor is now married, with two children. It was done after survivor appeared in the court with her husband and expressed her desire to buy peace with Gittikhadan-based convict, who is also married and has a three-year-old daughter. The child born to the surivor as a result crime died the day after birth in Mayo hospital.