Increasing incidents of sex assaults against minors have triggered outrage. (Representational)
New Tehri:
A man on Saturday was sentenced to death for raping and killing a one-and-a-half-year-old girl.
The infant was the daughter of the woman with whom he was in a live-in relationship.
While sentencing Yusuf to death, District and Sessions Judge Kumkum Rani said raping and murdering an unsuspecting child - unaware of social perversities - is the most heinous of the crimes that deserves the worst punishment.
It deserved a sentence which could send a stern message to society and deter potential perpetrators of crime, she said. She also ordered payment of Rs 50,000 to the next of kin of the victim.
The infant was the daughter of the woman with whom he was in a live-in relationship.
While sentencing Yusuf to death, District and Sessions Judge Kumkum Rani said raping and murdering an unsuspecting child - unaware of social perversities - is the most heinous of the crimes that deserves the worst punishment.
It deserved a sentence which could send a stern message to society and deter potential perpetrators of crime, she said. She also ordered payment of Rs 50,000 to the next of kin of the victim.
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