Chhattisgarh: Man gets death sentence for raping, killing deaf and mute girl

Raipur, August 27: A Chhattisgarh Court awards death sentence to a 24-year-old man for raping and murdering a five-year-old deaf and mute girl in 2015. Special Judge, POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act), Shubhra Pachouri, pronounced Ram Sona, guilty on Friday and sentenced him to death, Durg's Additional Public Prosecutor Kamal Kishore Verma said.

 

The court also awarded five years' imprisonment each to his mother Kunti Sona (42) and friend Amrit Singh (23) for concealing evidence of the offense.

Later, his mother and friend helped him to pack the body in a plastic bag and dumped it at a secluded place in the district, located around 45 km from here, he said.

He also said that the convict had raped the speech and hearing-impaired girl and then smothered her to death. He said this is the first case in which the Durg district court has handed death sentence to a rape accused.