Prolonged Trial Amounts to Mental Incarceration: SC Reduces Sentence in 22-Year-Old Corruption Case

The Supreme Court of India, while upholding the conviction of a former Inspector of Central Excise in a 22-year-old bribery case, has reduced her sentence to the period already undergone, citing mitigating factors including her advanced age and the “mental incarceration” caused by protracted legal proceedings. A bench of Justices N.V. Anjaria and Atul S.

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