INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 9-YR-OLD
A court in Bihar, India, awarded death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a minor
A court in Bihar, India, awarded death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a minor girl in Bihar's Jamui district two months ago.
District and Sessions Judge Jyoti Kumar Srivastava found Hemlal Sah guilty of raping and strangulating to death a nine-year-old girl and ordered that he be hanged till death.
According to the prosecution, Sah committed the heinous crime on finding the girl alone in a field at Shunba Roydih village.
The father of the girl had lodged an FIR on August 24, 2013 with the Chanderavanshi police station.
District and Sessions Judge Jyoti Kumar Srivastava found Hemlal Sah guilty of raping and strangulating to death a nine-year-old girl and ordered that he be hanged till death.
According to the prosecution, Sah committed the heinous crime on finding the girl alone in a field at Shunba Roydih village.
The father of the girl had lodged an FIR on August 24, 2013 with the Chanderavanshi police station.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: news.outlookindia.com, 19/10/2013)