{"id":50859,"date":"2017-12-12T10:36:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T05:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=50859"},"modified":"2017-12-12T10:36:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T05:06:07","slug":"verdict-dalit-woman-rape-murder-case-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/verdict-dalit-woman-rape-murder-case-today","title":{"rendered":"Verdict in Dalit woman rape-murder case today"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50009\" style=\"width: 208px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/stalking.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50009\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/treat-complaints-stalking-seriously-hc\/stalking\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/stalking.jpg?fit=666%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"666,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"stalking\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/stalking.jpg?fit=640%2C923&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-50009 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/stalking.jpg?resize=208%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Verdict in Dalit woman rape-murder case today\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/stalking.jpg?resize=208%2C300&amp;ssl=1 208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/stalking.jpg?resize=69%2C100&amp;ssl=1 69w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/stalking.jpg?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Verdict in Dalit woman rape-murder case today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A court here is set to pronounce tomorrow the verdict in the case related to sensational rape and murder of a Dalit woman which was in focus during the campaign for the Kerala Assembly elections last year.<\/p>\n<p>Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court had on December 6 completed the hearing in the case and posted it for tomorrow for pronouncement of judgement.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammed Ameerul Islam, a migrant labourer from Assam and the lone accused in the case, has been charged with brutally raping and murdering the 30-year old woman, a law student, at nearby Perumbavoor on April 28, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He was booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 100 witnesses were examined during the trial which commenced in April last. The prosecution has described it as a rarest of rare case.<\/p>\n<p>The mother of the victim today expressed hope that justice will be delivered in the case. She demanded capital punishment for the accused.<\/p>\n<p>Islam, who had left Perumbavoor soon after allegedly committing the crime, was arrested from Kancheepuram in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, 50 days after the gruesome incident.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, who hailed from a poor family, was raped and brutally assaulted using sharp-edged weapons before being murdered at her house.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was in focus during the state assembly polls campaign last year with political parties attacking the then Congress-led UDF regime for tardy progress in the probe and failure to nab culprits.<\/p>\n<p>The LDF government, after assuming power on May 25 last year, changed the investigation team and entrusted the probe to ADGP B Sandhya in its first cabinet meeting itself.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 police personnel had questioned over 1,500 people. Finger prints of over 5,000 people were also examined by the SIT personnel who went through over 20 lakh telephonic conversations before reaching Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Police have said a blood stained footwear found from a canal near the victim&#8217;s house was one of the key evidence in identifying the culprit.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court here is set to pronounce tomorrow the verdict in the case related to sensational rape and murder of a Dalit woman which was in focus during the campaign for the Kerala Assembly elections last year. 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