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Maha: HC commutes sentences of 3 convicts from life to 20 years in rape case

Maha: HC commutes sentences of 3 convicts from life to 20 years in rape case

Mumbai, May 8 (UNI) The Bombay High Court has commuted the life sentence awarded to three convicts to 20 years in a rape case.
Trio was convicted by a sessions court for raping a woman despite having past sexual history with her, a lawyer said here on Thursday.
The division bench of Justices Nitin Suryawanshi and M W Chandwani while upholding the conviction said in its order that when a woman says no, it means no, and there can be no presumption of consent based on her past sexual activities.

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