1.0SCC Timeshttps://www.scconline.com/blogBhumika Induliahttps://www.scconline.com/blog/post/author/editor_1/Lower Court Judge failed in its duty to protect dignity of rape victim: Bom HC’s decision on committing of rape by cab driver joined by his accomplicerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Zmce6AVbNs"><a href="https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2021/10/05/woman-raped-in-a-cab/">Lower Court Judge failed in its duty to protect dignity of rape victim: Bom HC’s decision on committing of rape by cab driver joined by his accomplice</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2021/10/05/woman-raped-in-a-cab/embed/#?secret=Zmce6AVbNs" width="600" height="338" title="“Lower Court Judge failed in its duty to protect dignity of rape victim: Bom HC’s decision on committing of rape by cab driver joined by his accomplice” — SCC Times" data-secret="Zmce6AVbNs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.scconline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bombay-HC.jpg1331887Pained to note the permitting of questions by the Lower Court which crossed all lines of dignity of a woman, Division Bench of Sadhana S. Jadhav and Sarang V. Kotwal, JJ., while denying reducing the sentence of the 3 accused who raped a woman, expressed regarding sentencing policy that,“…object of sentencing policy should be to see that the crime does not go unpunished and the victim of crime as also the society has the satisfaction that justice has been done to it.”