{"id":5330,"date":"2025-07-28T05:34:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=5330"},"modified":"2025-07-28T05:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:34:31","slug":"satauram-mandavi-v-s-the-state-of-chhattisgarh-anr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=5330","title":{"rendered":"SATAURAM MANDAVI V\/s THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH &#038; ANR\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Supreme Court of India<br>Date of Judgment:- 25-07-2025<br>SATAURAM MANDAVI Vs THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH &amp; ANR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Title :- SC Modifies Life Sentence Under POCSO for Pre-Amendment Offence Citing Article 20(1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court upheld the appellant\u2019s conviction under Section 6 of the POCSO Act for raping a five-year-old girl. However, it modified the sentence from life imprisonment for the remainder of natural life to conventional life imprisonment. 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