Overview
- The High Court dismissed Sunil N.S. (Pulsar Suni)'s plea to suspend his sentence, a decision reserved after arguments and delivered on Tuesday, July 14.
- The court said the petitioner failed to show any patent infirmity or manifest illegality in the trial judge's December 2025 judgment and noted that suspension of sentence pending appeal is an exceptional remedy.
- A sessions court in December 2025 convicted six accused including Suni and imposed 20 years' jail on the gang-rape counts plus separate terms for assault to disrobe and wrongful confinement.
- Suni's defence argued the phone used to record the assault was never recovered, the SIM was linked to another person and DNA sampling was delayed, and it said he had already served about eight years in custody.
- Multiple legal processes remain active, with the State seeking enhanced punishment and to challenge some acquittals while the survivor's plea to probe alleged copying or leaking of the memory card containing visuals is under court consideration.