The accused in Jisha rape and murder case, Ameer-ul-Aslam, a migrant worker from Assam, who was convicted of raping and murdering the law student in April last year has been given a death sentence by a court in Kerala's Ernakulam district today. He has been proven guilty under various sections of the IPC, including Sections 449 (trespass), 342 (wrongful confinement), 302 (murder), 376 (Rape), 376 (A) (causing death resulting in persistent vegetative state). Jisha, a 30-year-old law student in Kerala, was raped and murdered last year in April and Jisha's body was found with the intestines hanging out. Jisha was found dead inside her home in Ernakulam and bore signs of strangling and 30 wounds on her body. The incident had chilling echoes of the 2012 gang-rape of Delhi medical student Jyoti Singh, who came to be known as Nirbhaya. The outrage after the incident led to new laws on crimes against women in the country.
After 10 days of the barbaric crime, Jisha's sister was given a government job and was also promised a new home as part of her compensation.
The police said blood-stained footwear found from a canal near Jisha's house was an important piece of evidence in identifying the accused.
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