New Delhi, October 06: The Supreme Court today upheld the conviction of Santosh Kumar Singh in the 14-year-old Priyadarshini Mattoo rape and murder case but reduced the death sentence to life imprisonment, saying certain things were in his favour.
“The conviction is maintained,” a Bench comprising Justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad said.
However, the Bench said “To our mind, certain things are in favour of appellant (Singh). We are converting the punishment of death sentence into the life imprisonment.
–PTI