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Supreme Court Keeps Narayan Sai’s Life Sentence Intact
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to suspend Narayan Sai’s life sentence in a 2013 rape case, but directed the Gujarat High Court to decide his appeal against conviction within three months.…
The Story in Brief
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to suspend Narayan Sai’s life sentence in a 2013 rape case, but directed the Gujarat High Court to decide his appeal against conviction within three months. A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and PB Varale said Sai and the state must cooperate with the proceedings. Sai may return to the Supreme Court if the appeal is not decided within that period.
Sai was sentenced by a Surat court in April 2019 for rape, unnatural offences, assault, criminal intimidation and conspiracy. The Gujarat High Court had earlier rejected his plea for suspension of sentence and bail, citing the gravity of the offence and delays in pursuing the appeal. It said Sai had filed repeated applications instead of cooperating with the final hearing.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that the order either proves Sai’s guilt beyond appeal or offers him a route out of prison stretch the facts. The Supreme Court has not suspended his sentence, nor granted bail. It has set a clear timetable for the pending appeal, where the conviction can be tested on the record. The meaningful measure now is whether the Gujarat High Court completes the hearing within three months, as directed.
Source: deccanherald.com
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