India, July 14 -- In a rare instance, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the arrest and life sentence of a girl and her boyfriend while upholding their conviction in her fiance's murder case.

The apex court has also granted them 8 weeks to approach the Karnataka Governor for a pardon, calling it a case of "misjudged rebellion" and "romantic delusion".

The accused, Shubha Shankar, had murdered her fiance Girish in 2003 with the help of her boyfriend, Arun, and two others (Dinakaran and Venkatesh).

The court made these observations while dismissing their appeals against the Karnataka High Court judgment.

The top court said that it wants to view the matter from a different perspective to give "a new lease of life to the appellants who ha...