https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193709 The Supreme Court dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by the National Commission for Women, holding it not maintainable. The Court upheld the High Court's reduction of the accused's sentence under Section 376 IPC to the time already served, citing the victim's maturity and consensual relationship. It emphasized that the discretion exercised by the High Court in imposing a lesser sentence should not be lightly interfered with unless extraordinary circumstances exist, which were not found in this case. The SLP was dismissed, and the permission granted earlier was revoked. en-us Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 18:24:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193709 The Supreme Court dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by the National Commission for Women, holding it not maintainable. The Court upheld the High Court's reduction of the accused's sentence under Section 376 IPC to the time already served, citing the victim's maturity and consensual relationship. It emphasized that the discretion exercised by the High Court in imposing a lesser sentence should not be lightly interfered with unless extraordinary circumstances exist, which were not found in this case. The SLP was dismissed, and the permission granted earlier was revoked. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193709