Hyderabad, Dec. 29 -- In what is a rare conviction, a local court in Hyderabad on Monday, December 29, awarded the death sentence to a man who had killed a woman after she rejected his advances 14 years ago at Sanathnagar.

Karan Singh, alias Kamma Singh, 35, was a native of Bidar district in Karnataka residing in Medchal. The blacksmith was in a relationship with a woman during the time.

On 18 July, 2011, Singh took the woman to the ACC Godown in Sanathnagar, where he triedgetting intimate with her. However, the woman rejected his advances. "Karan got angry and killed the lady brutally. He left the body at the spot and escaped," said G Srinivasulu, Station House Officer (SHO) of Sanathnagar Police Station.

After some people noticed the...