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Kashmir rapist gets death for murdering minor cousin
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Thursday, 27 March 2014
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Srinagar: A fast track court has
handed over a death sentence to a Kashmir man after convicting him of
kidnapping and raping a minor girl in 2005.
According to GNS, The court of Sanjeev Gupta Thursday found
Mohammad Rashid Kumar, a resident of Magam Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag
district guilty of murder and rape of her cousin on August 28, 2005.
The accused was given life imprisonment for rape and
death penalty for murder of the 12-year-old girl by the court, the counsel for
the minor girl said.
The slain minor’s father, Abdul Rehman Kumar, a resident
of Magam had lodged a complaint that his daughter was kidnapped by her cousin
Rashid from her rented room in Jammu.
Rehman had said in his complaint that his son Muzaffar
Ahmad, brother of the victim, went out in search of her and when reached near a
thoroughfare late in the evening, he saw accused committing forcible sexual
intercourse with the minor girl.
However, the accused had already fled from the spot
before leaving her dead near Kachi Chawani in Jammu district.
The police had filed a case and had booked Rashid under
section 363,376 and 302 of the Ranbir Penal Code.
The judge in the case noted that Rashid stigmatized the
minor’s future life and as such liberal view cannot be taken in favour of
convict.
Rehman Kumar while talking to GNS said: today first time
since the incident I got sigh of relief after. “I heard that the accused has
been awarded death for the heinous crime. I appreciate the fast track court’s
decision in giving us justice,” he said. (GNS)
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