NEW DELHI: The high court has commuted the life sentence of an individual convicted of murder, to eight years jail. The court reclassified the charge of the convict, Rahul, from murder to culpable homicide, concluding that the intent behind the 2014 shooting lacked the malice.
This case involved the shooting and subsequent death of Mohd Mumtaz, a mechanic from Ajeet Nagar, Seelampur, in December 2014. Following the registration of an FIR on December 16, 2014, Rahul was taken into custody on December 21, 2014.
Initially, the Karkardooma Court issued a life sentence on September 2, 2022. Rahul subsequently appealed both the conviction and sentencing.
A division bench led by Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma reviewed the appeal and observed that the evidence did not conclusively demonstrate that Rahul’s actions aligned with the legal definitions of murder.
The court found that the case instead fell under Part II of Section 304, addressing culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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