India, Nov. 28 -- A 35-year-old woman was sentenced to death by a local court in Bihar's Araria district on Thursday for murdering her 10-year-old daughter in 2023.

Calling it "rarest of the rare", the sessions court sentenced Poonam Devi to death for the brutal murder of her minor daughter on July 10, 2023.

While pronouncing the verdict, the additional district judge (ADJ) said the heinous act committed by a mother against her own child "shakes the conscience of society" and warrants the severest punishment under law.

The court said the sentence will not be executed till the decision was upheld by the high court. The death sentence was given under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), rigorous imprisonment for a term of seven ye...