https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274086 Sentencing for rape under Section 376 IPC requires the court to record adequate and special reasons before departing from the statutory punishment framework. The reasons must reflect the gravity of the offence, proportionality, and deterrence; sympathy, the accused's background, or rural origin are not enough. The High Court's reasons were found insufficient to justify reducing the sentence to time already undergone, so that reduction was unsustainable and was set aside, with the sentence question remitted for fresh consideration. en-us Fri, 13 May 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:03:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274086 Sentencing for rape under Section 376 IPC requires the court to record adequate and special reasons before departing from the statutory punishment framework. The reasons must reflect the gravity of the offence, proportionality, and deterrence; sympathy, the accused's background, or rural origin are not enough. The High Court's reasons were found insufficient to justify reducing the sentence to time already undergone, so that reduction was unsustainable and was set aside, with the sentence question remitted for fresh consideration. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 13 May 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274086