Tag: Death Penalty For Rape

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President approves ordinance on death penalty to child rapists

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday approved an ordinance to provide death penalty to those convicted of raping a child below the age of 12. The Union Cabinet had on Saturday cleared an ordinance that seeks to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act by including stringent provisions in cases […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Odisha court awards death penalty to youth for rape, murder of minor girl

Angul: A court on Friday awarded death penalty to a 22-year-old youth for raping and killing a minor girl in Angul on January 20, 2019. The convict has been identified as Srinibash Dehury alias Anam, a resident of Kangula village in Angul. The judge of POCSO court, Surendra Chandra Pradhan pronounced the verdict and sentenced […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Odisha Man Gets Death Penalty For Rape & Murder Of 3-Yr-Old Girl

Keonjhar: The Additional District Judge (ADJ) court on Thursday sentenced a man to death in connection with the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Keonjhar district in 2017. Accused Sunil Nayak, who is claimed to be a relative of the girl, was pronounced the death sentence under POCSO Act, on the basis of […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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