Compromise between accused and victim no ground for lighter sentence in rape cases; Baldev Singh overruled

Compromise between accused and victim no ground for lighter sentence in rape cases; Baldev Singh overruled

The Supreme Court in a landmark judgment yesterday ruled that a compromise between an accused and the rape victim cannot be a ground for reduction of sentence under the proviso to Section 376(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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