{"id":200685,"date":"2018-08-27T17:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T11:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=200685"},"modified":"2018-08-29T16:55:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T11:25:13","slug":"parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/","title":{"rendered":"Parameters for assessing quantum of punishment for rape upon child reiterated; sentence of imprisonment for life modified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delhi High Court: <\/strong>A Division Bench comprising of Vipin Sanghi and I.S. Mehta, JJ. modified the sentence of the appellant convicted under Sections 363, 376(2)(i) and 506 IPC along with Sections 5(m) and 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The appellant was accused of convicting rape upon a 9 years old girl. He was driver of the school transport facility availed by the girl. The trial court convicted him of the offences mentioned above and he was sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 376(2)(i) along with sentences for other offences. Aggrieved by the same, the appellant filed the instant appeal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The High Court rejected all his submissions against the judgment of conviction by the trial court. The Court, on perusal of the facts, held that there was no merit in submission of the appellant that identity of the perpetrator of the crime was in doubt. The prosecution evidence was sufficient to bring home the guilt of the accused. Contentions were also raised regarding the sentence awarded. It was submitted that the appellant was 42 years of age and had a family of four minor children and a wife. The Court referred to its previous judgments and reiterated the parameters for assessing the quantum of punishment in cases of rape upon a child which include, <em>inter alia<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Criminal and crime, both are important for purpose of sentencing;<\/li>\n<li>Manner of commission of crime is to be considered;<\/li>\n<li>Violence, if any accompanying the crime;<\/li>\n<li>Whether the offender was in a position of fiduciary trust or exploited a social or family relationship;<\/li>\n<li>Impact of the crime on victim;<\/li>\n<li>Antecedents of the offender;<\/li>\n<li>Passage of time since offence committed;<\/li>\n<li>Rehabilitation of the rape victim; etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking into account all the facts and circumstances of the case and judging them on the aforementioned parameters, the Court was of the view that interest of justice would be met if the sentence of the convict-appellant awarded for the offence punishable under Section 376(2)(i) was reduced from imprisonment for rest of his life to 16 years rigorous imprisonment without remission. Sentence qua other offences was ordered to remain unaltered. The appeal was disposed of in the terms above. [Om Prakash v. State of Delhi,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/33P73S85\"><b>2018 SCC OnLine Del 10732<\/b><\/a>, dated 21-08-2018]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Vipin Sanghi and I.S. Mehta, JJ. modified the sentence of the appellant convicted under <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[19581,31421,2572,2519],"class_list":["post-200685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-child","tag-protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-act-2012","tag-Rape","tag-Sentence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Parameters for assessing quantum of punishment for rape upon child reiterated; sentence of imprisonment for life modified | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parameters for assessing quantum of punishment for rape upon child reiterated; sentence of imprisonment for life modified\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Vipin Sanghi and I.S. Mehta, JJ. modified the sentence of the appellant convicted under\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-27T11:30:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-29T11:25:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Delhi-HC.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1329\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"888\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/\",\"name\":\"Parameters for assessing quantum of punishment for rape upon child reiterated; sentence of imprisonment for life modified | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-27T11:30:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-29T11:25:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Parameters for assessing quantum of punishment for rape upon child reiterated; sentence of imprisonment for life modified\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Parameters for assessing quantum of punishment for rape upon child reiterated; sentence of imprisonment for life modified | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Parameters for assessing quantum of punishment for rape upon child reiterated; sentence of imprisonment for life modified","og_description":"Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Vipin Sanghi and I.S. Mehta, JJ. modified the sentence of the appellant convicted under","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2018-08-27T11:30:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-08-29T11:25:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1329,"height":888,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Delhi-HC.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/","name":"Parameters for assessing quantum of punishment for rape upon child reiterated; sentence of imprisonment for life modified | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-08-27T11:30:57+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-29T11:25:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/27\/parameters-for-assessing-quantum-of-punishment-for-rape-upon-child-reiterated-sentence-of-imprisonment-for-life-modified\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Parameters for assessing quantum of punishment for rape upon child reiterated; sentence of imprisonment for life modified"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":299543,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/08\/17\/rajasthan-hc-commutes-death-penalty-man-convicted-for-rape-and-murder-of-4-and-a-half-year-old-girl\/","url_meta":{"origin":200685,"position":0},"title":"Rajasthan High Court commutes death penalty of a man convicted for rape and murder of 4 and a half-year old girl","author":"Editor","date":"August 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe Trial Court has rightly convicted the accused and we do not find any illegality in the impugned judgment of conviction and therefore, the same deserves to be upheld.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"rajasthan high court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/rajasthan-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/rajasthan-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/rajasthan-high-court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/rajasthan-high-court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":298935,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/08\/09\/madhya-pradesh-high-court-commutes-death-sentence-to-life-sentence-without-remission\/","url_meta":{"origin":200685,"position":1},"title":"Rape and murder of 4-year-old girl child: Madhya Pradesh High Court commutes death sentence to life sentence without remission","author":"Ritu","date":"August 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that the test which is to be applied for death sentence are - crime test, i.e., aggravating circumstances and mitigating circumstances, criminal test and R-R test.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Madhya Pradesh High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/madhya-pradesh-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/madhya-pradesh-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/madhya-pradesh-high-court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/madhya-pradesh-high-court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":355246,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/08\/01\/sc-constitutional-bar-against-retrospectively-imposing-harsher-penalty\/","url_meta":{"origin":200685,"position":2},"title":"Constitutional bar against retrospectively imposing harsher penalty is clear and absolute: Supreme Court modifies sentence in POCSO case","author":"Arushi","date":"August 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Since the offence was committed on 20-5-2019, the amended provision of Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act, 2019, which came into force on 16-8-2019, could not have been applied to his case.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"retrospectively imposing harsher penalty","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/retrospectively-imposing-harsher-penalty.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/retrospectively-imposing-harsher-penalty.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/retrospectively-imposing-harsher-penalty.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/retrospectively-imposing-harsher-penalty.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21327,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/10\/17\/double-death-sentence-and-double-life-imprisonment-in-rape-and-murder-case-confirmed\/","url_meta":{"origin":200685,"position":3},"title":"Double death sentence and double life imprisonment in rape and murder case, confirmed","author":"Sucheta","date":"October 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Bombay High Court: In a first sentencing of its kind, a bench comprising of Bhushan Gavai and Prasanna Varale, JJ. confirmed double death sentence and double life imprisonment in a case of rape and murder of a two year old girl by her uncle. The sentence was awarded under Section\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":204023,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/10\/22\/improvisation-of-story-by-witnesses-raises-serious-doubt-on-prosecution-case-conviction-of-rape-modified-sentence-reduced-for-young-first-time-offender-tripura-hc\/","url_meta":{"origin":200685,"position":4},"title":"Improvisation of story by witnesses raises serious doubt on prosecution case; conviction of rape modified; sentence reduced for young first time offender: Tripura HC","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"October 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Tripura High Court:\u00a0A Single Judge Bench comprising of Arindam Lodh, J. partly allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment of the trial court whereby the appellant was convicted under the provision\u00a0of IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The appellant was neighbor of the complainant -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":351683,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/06\/27\/cal-hc-commutes-death-penalty-of-convict-who-raped-minor-girl\/","url_meta":{"origin":200685,"position":5},"title":"Calcutta HC commutes death sentence of man convicted for raping and killing a minor girl","author":"Editor","date":"June 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cAdmittedly, none of the witnesses examined on behalf of the prosecution has claimed to have seen the convict committing the murder of the victim. The case is entirely based upon circumstantial evidence.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"commute death penalty rape","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/commute-death-penalty-rape.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/commute-death-penalty-rape.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/commute-death-penalty-rape.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/commute-death-penalty-rape.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}