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Sreesanth claimed he had to confess his involvement in the alleged crime as police tortured him in custody and threatened to implicate his family in the case.
A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph made the observation while hearing an application filed by the BCCI. The apex court gave the ombudsman three months to decide on the quantum of punishment.
The BCCI banned Sreesanth, who is now 36, for life in August 2013 for indulging in alleged spot-fixing in the IPL of that year.
Before the verdict, his wife Bhuvaneswari, along with their daughter, prayed at two temples near Kochi.
'If Leander Paes can win Grand Slams at 42, I can at least play some cricket at 36,' said the pacer after the Supreme Court set aside the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI.
The apex court said the BCCI's disciplinary committee may reconsider quantum of punishment to be given to the former Indian pacer within three months.
A Supreme Court bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph said the BCCI's disciplinary committee may reconsider, within three months, the quantum of punishment to be given to Sreesanth.
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