Kathua rape and murder case: Three convicts sentenced to life imprisonment by Pathankot Court

In a major development in verdict of Kathua rape and murder case three convicts Sanji Ram, Parvesh Kumar & Deepak Khajuria have been sentenced to life imprisonment. Furrmore, or three convicts - SI Anand Dutta, he constable Tilak Raj and special police officer Surender Verma sentenced to five years for destruction of evidence

Earlier in day, verdict of  in-camera trial in case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old mic girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir started in Pathankot special court where six of seven accused  were prounced guilty.

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in-camera trial in case that shook nation ended on June 3, when district and sessions judge Tejwinder Singh h anunced that verdict was likely to be delivered on June 10. According to 15-p charge sheet, eight-year-old girl, who was kidnapped on January 10 last year, was allegedly raped in captivity in a small vill temple in Kathua district after having been kept sedated for four days before she was bludgeoned to death.

day-to-day trial commenced in first week of June last year at district and sessions court in Pathankot in neighbouring state of Punjab, about 100 km from Jammu and 30 km from Kathua after  Supreme Court ordered that case be shifted out of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Crime Branch arrested vill he, Sanji Ram, his son Vishal, juvenile nephew and his friend Anand Dutta, and two special police officers Deepak Khajuria and Surender Verma. He constable Tilak Raj and sub-inspector Anand Dutta, who allegedly took Rs 4 lakh from Sanji Ram and destroyed crucial evidence, were also arrested.

Charges of rape and murder were framed by  district and sessions judge against seven out of eight accused. trial against juvenile is yet to begin as his petition on determining his is to be heard by  Jammu and Kashmir High Court. court framed charges under Ranbir Penal Code(RPC), including Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder) and 376-D (gang-rape), according to prosecution.

abduction, rape and killing of child was part of a carefully planned strategy to remove mirity mic community from area, said chargesheet,