Conviction in such a case in simply over two months is unprecedented, mentioned Mamata Banerjee. (File)
Kolkata:
A 19-year-old man convicted of rape and homicide of a 10-year-old woman in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district has been sentenced to demise. Mostakin Sardar was arrested hours after the crime occurred in Mahishamari on October 5 and a chargesheet was filed in a month. The trial was accomplished inside 31 days and the sentencing was performed in simply over two months.
A courtroom discovered him responsible on Friday below sections 103 (homicide), 65 (rape) and 66 (punishment for inflicting demise or leading to a persistent vegetative state of the sufferer) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Sections of the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act have been additionally added after scrutiny from the Calcutta High Court.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee praised the quick supply of justice, stating that the accused was sentenced to demise inside 62 days of the ghastly incident.
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“Conviction and capital punishment in such a case in simply over two months is unprecedented within the historical past of the state. I congratulate the state police and all these concerned within the prosecution course of for this excellent achievement. The authorities has zero tolerance in direction of offences in opposition to girls and can proceed to make sure that justice is neither delayed nor denied,” Ms Banerjee mentioned.
The woman’s dad and mom had reported her lacking after she didn’t return from her tuition. Sources had mentioned the convict had kidnapped the kid on the pretext of giving her a raise and promised her ice cream.
The cops recognized the perpetrator by means of CCTV footage and arrested him. Sardar later confessed to his crime and led to the spot the place he had dumped the physique. The cops recovered her physique from the sphere and a autopsy later confirmed she was sexually assaulted.
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The incident sparked livid protests in Mahishamari, approaching the heels of the rape and homicide of a health care provider on the RG Kar hospital. The indignant villagers vandalised a neighborhood police station and set it on hearth.
Meanwhile, one other surprising rape case of a seven-month-old has emerged from Kolkata. The toddler was allegedly kidnapped from the pavement. Cops have invoked POCSO fees and began a probe, however no arrests have been made but. The child has been admitted to the RG Kar hospital.