印度最高法院的规则禁止通过对受害者的赔偿来减少刑期,并维护司法的相称性。 India's Supreme Court rules against reducing prison sentences via victim compensation, upholding proportionality in justice.

印度最高法院裁定,在增加受害者赔偿的基础上,对严重罪行减刑是有缺陷的和危险的,警告它破坏了司法和威慑。 The Supreme Court of India has ruled that reducing prison sentences for serious crimes based on increased victim compensation is flawed and dangerous, warning it undermines justice and deterrence. 法院推翻了下级法院因暴力攻击而减刑三年的决定,强调惩罚必须是适度的,不能被金钱所取代。 The court overturned a lower court’s decision that cut a three-year sentence for a violent attack, stressing that punishment must be proportionate and not replaced by money. 它强调赔偿是恢复性赔偿,而不是取代监禁,并确立了一个四个要素的检验标准,以指导判刑,敦促法院避免基于支付金钱的宽大处理。 It emphasized that compensation is restitutory, not a substitute for incarceration, and established a four-factor test to guide sentencing, urging courts to avoid leniency based on financial payments. 裁决强调,司法要求问责制、相称性和公众信任,并命令恢复原刑期。 The ruling reinforces that justice requires accountability, proportionality, and public confidence, and ordered the original sentence to be reinstated.