© thehindu.com34-year-old arrested for raping 5-year-old girl in Shahbad Dairy
A Special Court in Pune district has sentenced Bhimrao Prabhakar Kamble, 65, to death for the rape and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in Nasrapur village of Bhor taluka. Special Judge S.R. Salunke pronounced the sentence on Monday (June 29, 2026), days after finding Kamble guilty on June 25.
The incident occurred on May 1, 2026, in Nasrapur. The court convicted Kamble under multiple provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The charges included Sections 137(2), 65, 65 (rape), 103 (murder), 74 (using force with intent to outrage modesty), and 140(1) of the IPC, along with Sections 4, 6, 8, and 12 of the POCSO Act. The court held that the prosecution had established the charges against the accused.