NEW DEHLI
The Rajasthan High Court has reduced the sentence in a Kidnapping case of 1992, citing 30 30-year delay in deciding the convict's appeal. A bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Garg said the appellant-convict had "suffered mental agony and trauma of protracted trial" and thus reduced the sentence of 2 years rigorous imprisonment to the period already undergone, i.e. 5 days.
A case was registered against the appellant in 1992 for offences under Sections 363 and 366-A of IPC, about the missing report of a minor girl. The trial concluded in the appellant's conviction in 1994 with a sentence of 2 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 100. An appeal was filed against the trial court's order for a reduction in the sentence.