The appeal of a man seeking a reduced sentence for sexual assault has been rejected by the Yukon Court of Appeal. Rudra Amin, now living in Calgary, was convicted in 2023 of assaulting three women in Whitehorse between 2017 and 2018. The victims reported the incidents in 2020, leading to Amin’s conviction on four counts of sexual assault following a jury trial.
Subsequent to his sentencing, Amin promptly launched an appeal and was released on bail shortly thereafter. In his appeal, Amin sought a reduction of two months from his slightly over two-year sentence to qualify for a conditional sentence order, citing concerns about immigration consequences. However, Justice Susan Griffin, in a decision made public on Aug. 6, dismissed the appeal. Griffin refuted Amin’s assertion that errors were made by the original sentencing judge and deemed Amin’s request for a conditional sentence unsuitable.
Griffin emphasized that unless Amin can demonstrate a fundamental error impacting the sentence, his plea to shorten the sentence by two months is not valid. “This is simply tinkering and not this court’s proper role,” read Griffin’s ruling. Consequently, Amin is to serve his original sentence of slightly over two years.