Man awarded death penalty for rape of 7-yr-old

Rajkot court convicts accused for raping and brutally assaulting the girl, delivers death sentence within 44 days

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Rape and aggravated sexual assault. Reacting to the verdict, Deputy

A court in Rajkot on Saturday sentenced a man to death for raping a seven-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her with an iron rod, in a verdict pronounced within 44 days of the crime.

Special POCSO judge VA Rana convicted the accused, Ramsinh Dudva (32), a native of Alirajpur in MP, of charges under relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for rape and aggravated sexual assault.