Madhya Pradesh: Death warrant for raping

Madya Pradesh, July 08: In a significant development, a man who was accused of raping a nine-year-old girl in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, was convicted for the heinous crime and awarded capital punishment by a local court on Saturday.

Additional Session Judge Sudhanshu Saxena convicted Bhagirath Patel under section 376 (rape), 366 (abduction) of the IPC as well as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and sentenced him to death, prosecution officer PL Rawat said.

Importantly, the trial in the case was completed within 46 days in a local court in Rehli block and the accused convicted for the crime. The police officials investigation into the case too was completed in just 72 hours.

The brutal Incident happened in Khamaria village of Rehli block of Sagar district on May 21. The accused was arrested and booked under Sections 376-A, 376-B of IPC and provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012, said SP of Sagar district Satyendra Kumar Shukla.

The court of additional district and sessions judge in Rehli block Sudhanshu Saxena held the accused Narayan Patel guilty of the crime and awarded him the death penalty.