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Orissa HC Sets Aside Conviction for Rape, Commutes Death Penalty to Life Imprisonment - (10 Nov 2020)

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Orissa High Court has commuted the death sentence of a 28-year-old man to life imprisonment while upholding his conviction for murder of a 9-year-old girl, but acquitting him of charges of raping her.

Tags : ORISSA HIGH COURT   COMMUTATION OF DEATH PENALTY  

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