Bombay High Court upheld Jitendra Rana's murder conviction in the 2011 Keenan-Reuben case but reduced his sentence to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment without remission. Justices MS Karnik and Sandesh Patil ruled that the trial court lacked authority to impose imprisonment for his entire natural life. The court also acquitted two co-accused of murder, citing inconsistent eyewitness accounts.