# Allahabad HC Upholds Life Sentence, Lowers Dowry Death Term 2026-08-06T13:58:53+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets India Today reports that the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on August 8 reduced the life sentence of Sandeep Singh Hora to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for dowry death. The court ruled that direct evidence of the accused's role is not required once the conditions of Section 304-B of the IPC are met. The trial court had not given clear reasons for awarding life imprisonment, the bench noted. Hora had served over six years in custody. In a separate ruling on July 27, Hindustan Times reports that the same bench upheld the life sentence of Vinay Pratap Singh for the 2009 deaths of his live-in partner, her mother and her two minor children in Hardoi. The court found the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and dismissed Singh's appeal against the 2014 trial court conviction. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com - indiatoday.in Tags: Allahabad High Court, court verdict, criminal case, Hardoi Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/allahabad-high-court-upholds-life-sentence-in-four-deaths-case/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/allahabad-high-court-upholds-life-sentence-in-four-deaths-case/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.