Bengal court awards death penalty in minor rape-murder case

The additional district and sessions Judge sentenced MD Abbas to the death penalty.

“On the last occasion, we pleaded for the death sentence because three sections on which the punishment was proved among the other sections carries a maximum punishment. So last day I had a one-and-a-half hour hearing on this point trying to project this case as one of the rarest of the rare cases,” special public prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee was quoted as saying by ANI.

Chatterjee further explained that the death penalty was imposed under two consecutive sections: Section 302, which pertains to murder, and Section 6 of the POCSO Act.

Additional Sessions Judge Anita Mehrotra Mathur concluded the case after recording testimonies from 33 witnesses and considering the prosecution's arguments.