Maharashtra: Pune Court Sentences Death Punishment To 'Sex maniac' For Raping And Killing 6-Year-Old

For committing a horrifying rape and murder crime with a six-year-old minor, Pune Sessions Court has sentenced a 24-year-old to death. According to the reports, the incident happened in August 2022 in Pune's Maval Taluka. The reports said the minor was playing in the courtyard when the accused abducted her and committed the terrifying crime. Later, he brutally slit her throat and buried her body in the backyard of his house.

The court has also sentenced the mother of the convict to seven years of imprisonment for concealing evidence, hiding the crime, and not informing the police. However, when the saddening incident came to light, and police launched the investigation, both the accused confessed to the heinous crime.

Public Prosecutor Senior Advocate Rajesh Kavediya, told the media that "based on all evidence brought on record, the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused kidnapped the deceased girl while she was playing in the courtyard, took her to his home, committed aggravated sexual assault on the deceased, and murdered her brutally by cutting her throat".

"The accused thereafter attempted to hide the dead body by burying it in a pit below a tree behind his house. His mother had hidden the clothes and articles on the person of the deceased to protect her son from punishment, and so both accused should be convicted," he added.

Sharing details of the case, the investigating officer said the accused is a "sex maniac" and is "obsessed with uncontrolled, relentless sexual thoughts". According to the reports, the convict was addicted to child pornography, which triggered him to commit the crime.

The family of the victim expressed their gratitude towards the court for serving justice to the soul of the deceased minor.