Supreme Court of India. Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the death sentence given to Govindachamy, a convict in the murder of Soumya, a 23-year-old woman, who was brutally assaulted and pushed off the train. Govindachamy’s death sentence has been reduce to a life-term. In January 2014, the Kerala High Court upheld the death sentence granted to him by a Thrissur Fast-track court.

Source: Indian Express September 15, 2016 06:22 UTC