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INDIA·DEATH PENALTY·AUGUST 29, 2006·1 MIN READ

INDIA. HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF MINOR

INDIA. HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF MINOR August 29, 2006: the Allahabad High Court upheld the death sentence handed down to Bantu by the Agra additional Sessions court in 2004 for the rape and murder of a minor girl. Bantu

the Allahabad High Court upheld the death sentence handed down to Bantu by the Agra additional Sessions court in 2004 for the rape and murder of a minor girl. Bantu of Basai Khurd village in Tajganj, Agra district, had lured the five-year old victim on the pretext of giving her a balloon. She was later found profusely bleeding and rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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  • (Sources: www.indlawnews.com, 01/09/2006)