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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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Delhi court commences trial in 2017 Unnao rape case

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday commenced the trial in a case of alleged rape of a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma completed recording statement of a prosecution witness in an in-camera hearing in the case in which expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is a key accused. The […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Op-Ed: Put The Fear of God Into Rapists

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Within a span of less than two months POCSO courts in different parts of the state have awarded death penalty to three persons in cases of rape and murder of minor girls. The punishment will hopefully serve as a deterrent and curb the worrisome trend of rise in such cases. The […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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