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[Rick Halperin]

Jan. 22




INDIA:

HC upholds death sentence to man who raped and murdered a minor girl


The Aurangabad bench of the Bomaby high court yesterday upheld the ruling of 
the Jalna district session court giving capital punishment to the accused in 
connection with rape and murder of a 2-year-old girl in 2012. The accused, Ravi 
Ashok Gumare of (25), a resident of Indiranagar of Jalna was arrested by Kadim 
Jalna police in 2012 in connection with rape and murder of a 2 1/2-year-old 
girl.

On March 6, 2012 the accused Gumare lured the girl, when she was playing in 
front of his house, he then raped and murdered her. After the incident, irate 
people protested the incident and demanded a stern action against the rapist. 
Police registered a case and arrested him. Later filed a charge sheet in 
session court. On Septemebr 18, 2015 the district session court awarded him 
capital punishment after finding him guilty of kidnapping, sexual abuse and 
murdering the girl. A case was then transferred to the Aurangbad division bench 
of the Bombay high court for confirmationof the death penalty.

(source: webindia123.com)