In Sangli district of Maharashtra in June 2010,\u00a0a 24-year-old convict, sentenced to death for raping and killing a nine-year-old girl has been produced before the Bombay High Court which decided to hear arguments on confirmation of sentence from next week.<\/p>\n
A division bench of Justices N H Patil and A R Joshi directed the police to produce Paswan, who is lodged at the Yerwada jail in Pune, before it on January 22 when day-to-day hearing on confirmation of sentence would begin.<\/p>\n
The convict, hailing from Bihar, informed the court that he had written a letter through jail urging appeal against his sentence.<\/p>\n
The judges informed him that his appeal was not on record at present and that they would\u00a0enquirer\u00a0from the registrar about its status.<\/p>\n
The judges also assured him that in case he needed a lawyer, they would provide one through the legal aid committee of the High Court.<\/p>\n
The incident dates back to June 21, 2010 when the victim had gone missing from her house in Bedag village in Sangli district. The victim’s father, a labourer in a farm, had lodged a missing complaint.<\/p>\n
During investigation, police learnt that the victim was last seen with the accused who used to live in the\u00a0neighboring\u00a0house.<\/p>\n
According to prosecution, when the accused was detained and interrogated, he revealed that he had raped the girl and murdered her and then dumped her body in a well.<\/p>\n
The lower court, while awarding Paswan the death penalty, had observed that the accused had committed a heinous crime of raping an innocent child and that it was a “cold blooded murder.”<\/p>\n
“After satisfying his lust the accused threw the girl into the well. An innocent girl was ravished by the accused for his lust. The accused is a menace to the society and there are no chances of reform. He does not deserve any leniency,” the sessions court had observed.<\/p>\n
It also held that the social impact such incidents have should also be considered. “When such cases are rampant a message should be given to the society that such heinous crimes will result in extreme punishment.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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