Inadequate jail terms undermine public confidence in law: HC
(WorldNews India)

Undue sympathy towards convicts by awarding inadequate jail term `undermines public confidence in efficacy of law`, the Delhi High Court has said while upholding a 10-year term awarded by a trial court to a man for raping and trying to kill his ex-employer`s daughter-in-law. Dismissing the 45-year-old man`s plea for reduction of his punishment, Justice S P Garg said that awarding inadequate sentences is a `serious threat` society which it would not be able...