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ALLAHABAD: Considering it a rarest of rare case, the Allahabad high court on Friday confirmed the death sentence awarded to a 35-year-old man who had raped and murdered a seven-year-old girl after kidnapping her.
Dismissing the appeal filed by the convict Pappu of Kushinagar, a bench observed, "The motivation of the perpetrator, the vulnerability of the victim, the enormity of the crime, the execution thereof persuade us to hold that this is a `rarest of ra re cases' where the sentence of death is eminently desirable not only to deter others from committing such atrocious crimes but also to give emphatic expression to society's abhorrence of such crime."
While confirming the death sentence awarded by additional sessions judge, of Kushinagar at Padrauna on December 8, 2016, the court observed that the records of the case reveal that appellant Pappu is married.
Taking an overall view of all the facts and circumstances of the case, the court said that it is of the firm opinion that the sentence of death should be maintained.
Mother of the girl had filed an FIR on May 14, 2015, stating that her seven-year-old daughter was kidnapped a day before by Pappu, who brutally raped and murdered her.
Some people had witnessed the girl being lured by the accused.
Source: Times of India, Rajesh Pandey, October 7, 2017
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