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The court <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">noted that he was \u201ckind enough to leave the girl alive\u201d.<\/span> Following this, Sudarshan News\u2019 Santosh Chauhan posted a tweet on October 23\u00a0 claiming that the death sentence of Mohammed Firoz, a rape convict in Madhya Pradesh, had been commuted to life imprisonment. This post was retweeted by more than 276 handles at the time of the writing of this article. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221027075639\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santosh_Stv\/status\/1584112564245770241\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0939\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0928\u0947 \u0930\u0947\u092a \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u094b\u0937\u0940 \u092e\u094b\u0939\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0926 \u092b\u093f\u0930\u094b\u091c \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u094c\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u091c\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0909\u092e\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0948\u0926 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0926\u0932\u093e\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u0939\u093e , &#8220;\u0926\u092f\u093e\u0932\u0941 \u0925\u093e \u092e\u094b\u0939\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0926 \u092b\u093c\u093f\u0930\u094b\u091c , \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u093e \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Santosh Chauhan Sudarshan News (@Santosh_Stv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santosh_Stv\/status\/1584112564245770241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journalist Ashish Vyas of Sudarshan news also posted a tweet promoting the same claim. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221027075805\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashishvyas__\/status\/1584114780729905153\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0939\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0928\u0947 \u0930\u0947\u092a \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u094b\u0937\u0940 \u092e\u094b\u0939\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0926 \u092b\u093f\u0930\u094b\u091c \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u094c\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u091c\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0909\u092e\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0948\u0926 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0926\u0932\u093e!<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u0939\u093e , &#8220;\u0926\u092f\u093e\u0932\u0941 \u0925\u093e \u092e\u094b\u0939\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0926 \u092b\u093c\u093f\u0930\u094b\u091c , \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u093e \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ashish Vyas (@ashishvyas__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashishvyas__\/status\/1584114780729905153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya also followed suit, though the tweet was later deleted. An archived version of the post can be accessed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/yGLG0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-134804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/3-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"722\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/3-7.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/3-7-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The claim is widespread on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE&amp;src=typed_query\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE&amp;sde=AbqStk9yP1g-htBSL9CXEmY0sRcXJzC1aw7TDdf9n4_YZM39Sn9CF7V2jTlQr9jqm66ayw7f78KbZ2Vx9K28uNEZjc1seXjtY1-3mhZcvY9XwoMWVShDSyHR9Gqw1o6BqRAd2xou77qNJPE8UJmHQmSjzCR6nFNqy9SyvJ9rzV6kKYuA7DjAWrBRXjAdS7HNTlgYoA5hMV6GyqgFtrkNsuPrUvdAuNZBGoAOH-zlIPLvHGfGseV1Eru74gvHaltAE9YiedFJH8WoH-DzbZiRyjxU5cFK5Hg4EPc4IKj6Vgs2PHcod9FjTc11httmTaO3SzkZnvN1M9Wzg8xhjTGodf9Wior5OGpnbloQS40kGADWcR0Epswv3Z1Ke1HliI5pbklh2YfIuik-vkMSy7DE-s0OaInqDRpfmOEeW-obFU0zdLiZoT_TtemHD8hLDwJinVZLjJK7RuRXoVxYdFjA0KU0uo00rreJzE6N61b0biNZzJg9cHHaq78Mirs2UmmMrVE7Gf3W08QYOHuhXdiIyg4kwRDU6zjaV_m1FDYOPYBTr1mzddd7e4SwBqHb-vLDii1e4cpkGhyGP6Yj9-TH1exwZBZuAlHV4v3e2jVOjnQ2K4BFaf_opUhKQOEdLnnl6NbgjFBWTe4yNntDqVPzD0XSxkFd4ra1wsErJGgRU-rm-A\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact-check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News began its investigation and we came across an October 24 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/mp-high-court-reduces-rape-convicts-life-sentence-to-20-years-rigorous-imprisonment\/article66048874.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">report by The Hindu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The article states that the Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh reduced the life sentence of a rape convict to 20 years&#8217; imprisonment. The bench said that the offender was kind and did not leave the four-year-old girl to die.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hindu has identified the assailant as <\/span><b>Ramu alias Ram Singh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. According to the outlet, Ramu raped the girl by luring her with Re. 1 on May 31, 2007. Following the investigation, Ramu was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next, we conducted a search using time filter, which led us to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mphc.gov.in\/upload\/indore\/MPHCIND\/2009\/CRA\/555\/CRA_555_2009_FinalOrder_18-Oct-2022.pdf#search=\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">copy of the judgment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> made by the court in the matter. The name of the accused is also listed as Ramu alias Ram Singh here. It also states that Ramu had appealed against the life imprisonment sentence pronounced by the Additional Judge of Indore on April 25, 2009 under IPC Section 376(2)(F).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-134803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/4-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/4-6.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/4-6-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.livelaw.in\/category\/top-stories\/madhya-pradesh-high-court-reduces-rape-convicts-sentence-considering-he-had-left-minor-victim-alive-212329\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">report by Live Law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201cThe appellant submitted before the court that he was falsely implicated in the case. He further stated that the FSL report was not brought on record by the victim. It was also argued that this is not a case in which he deserved life imprisonment. Thus, he appealed that his sentence be reduced to the time he had already spent in jail.&#8221; The Court argued in this case that the appellant was not eligible for leniency in any way, and his appeal should be rejected. However, keeping in mind that he left the girl alive, the Court reduced his sentence to 20 years&#8217; imprisonment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outlets like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/madhya-pradesh\/story\/madhya-pradesh-hc-reduces-the-punishment-for-a-rape-convict-lclk-1561230-2022-10-22\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aaj Tak<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/indore-news\/kind-enough-to-leave-girl-alive-mp-hc-reduces-rape-convict-s-life-sentence-101666487936105.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hindustan Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/madhya-pradesh\/story\/madhya-pradesh-hc-reduces-the-punishment-for-a-rape-convict-lclk-1561230-2022-10-22\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indian Express<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> covered this development. However, none of them listed the name of the criminal as Mohammad Firoz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-134802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/5-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/5-5.jpg 552w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/5-5-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, right-wing media outlets and supporters circulated a false claim that the Madhya Pradesh High Court commuted the death sentence of a rape convict named Mohammad Firoz to life imprisonment. In reality, the name of the convict who raped the four-year-old girl in the said case is Ramu alias Ram Singh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court delivered its verdict on an appeal made by a rape convict and reduced his life sentence to 20 years\u2019 rigorous imprisonment. The court noted that he was \u201ckind enough to leave the girl alive\u201d. 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