Mandsaur rape case: Madhya Pradesh court pronounces death sentence for two accused of raping 8-year-old
Special Judge Nisha Gupta had earlier on Tuesday convicted the two men Irfan alias Bhaiyu (20) and Asif (24) and held them guilty under relevant sections, public prosecutor BS Thakur told PTI. The pronouncement of the quantum of sentence was scheduled for later in the day.
The survivor was gang-raped on 26 June in Mandsaur after the accused abducted her while she was waiting for her father outside her school. The accused had also tried to kill her by slitting her throat.
On 5 December 2017, the Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously passed a bill to grant death penalty to perpetrators who are found guilty of raping girls of the age of 12-year-old or younger.
On 6 August, the Parliament passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 for stringent punishment for those convicted of raping girls below 12 years of age.
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