India: Youth gets death penalty for raping & killing minor Bolpur court on Monday sentenced Binoy Maji, (23), to death for killing a minor girl after raping her. The additional district judge of Bolpur court, justice Manash Basu, delivered the verdict in a packed courtroom. Court records reveal that on December 9, 2011, Maji, an unemployed 22-year-old from Santra village under Nanoor police station, had raped and murdered the eight-year-old, a class 2 student of a local primary school. During interrogation, Maji confessed to his crime and even identified the area where he had raped and then murdered the girl. “He (Maji) confessed that after the rape, the girl complained she was not feeling well. He then strangled her and dumped her body nearby,” a police officer said. Sources said the medical test conducted on Maji helped prove he had committed the crime. Police then filed a charge sheet against him. “After the trial, Basu on August 23, 2013, found Maji guilty under sections 363 (kidnapping), 376(2)(F), raping a minor, 302 (murder) and 201(destroying evidence) of IPC,” said Tapan Kumar Dey, the assistant public prosecutor. Following the verdict, the victim’s father broke into tears, saying, “I wanted the death penalty for Maji. He is a brutal killer…he murdered my sweet daughter. We are happy that the court has given us justice.” (The Hindustan Times)
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:38:04 +0000
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