Bhubaneshwar, Jan. 6 -- Terming the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl as 'rarest of rare' crime, a Court in Odisha's Bargarh district on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for barbarically murdering the minor after sexually assaulting her last year.
The designated POCSO Court pronounced capital punishment after finding the accused Prashanta Bag guilty of offences under sections 140(1)/103/65(2)/66 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012The accused committed the dastardly crime on November 15 last year after diverting three minor girls, including the victim, on the pretext of catching fish from the village pond. Later, he hatched the heinous ploy by segregating the victim fr...