INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER

in Pune, India, Additional Sessions judge U S Thakare sentenced Sandesh, alias Sainath Kailash Abhang, 26, of Upper Indiranagar, to death for murdering Shalini Jadhav, 75, on September 10, 2007. The court also sentenced Abhang to life imprisonment for robbing and raping Jadhav's grand daughter-in-law, and to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for attempting to murder Jadhav's grand daughter-in-law.