SC reduces death sentence of Kerala girl's rapist

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court reduced the sentence of a 2011 rape convict. Govindachamy was held guilty of pushing 23 year old Soumya off a train in Kerala, jumping after her, hitting her with a stone and then raping her in the wounded state, by a fast track court which sentenced him to death. The SC, however, said that while there was evidence of rape, there wasn't enough of murder. The victim was returning home in February 2011, when she was attacked in the woman's compartment. She was found unconscious near the tracks and died five days later in the hospital. The top court said there was no evidence she was thrown off the train and did not jump off. Upset with the verdict, Soumya's mother said, "He did this to my daughter. And he will not even be hanged... My heart is broken. All this while I thought we will get justice. Nothing."