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Court awards capital punishment for raping four-year-old girl

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Press Trust of India Dhar (MP)
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:10 AM IST

The incident took place on November 1 this year and the sentence was awarded to him in just over a month period by Additional District Judge Avinash Kumar Khare.

The accused identified as Sunil Balai had taken away the little girl from near her house and later raped her in a field, the prosecution said.

After raping her, he also murdered her on the spot, the prosecution said.

Sunil was arrested by the Manawar police under Section 376 and Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code same day and was later produced in a court for trial which awarded him capital punishment.

  

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First Published: Dec 05 2012 | 8:35 PM IST

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