INDIA. MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING 3-YR-OLD DAUGHTER
a New Delhi court sentenced to death 26-year-old Sheikh Noor Hussain for raping and killing his three-year-old daughter. Additional sessions judge S.K. Kaushik awarded capital punishment to Hussain for murder and also read out a life sentence, the maximum
a New Delhi court sentenced to death 26-year-old Sheikh Noor Hussain for raping and killing his three-year-old daughter. Additional sessions judge S.K. Kaushik awarded capital punishment to Hussain for murder and also read out a life sentence, the maximum punishment prescribed for rape.
"The complete chain of incriminating circumstances unerringly pointed to the guilt of the accused," the court said, turning down the pleas of leniency by the accused.
"Nothing can be more degrading and dehumanizing that, to satisfy his prurience, a father views his three-year-old daughter as an object of sexual satisfaction," the court observed.
"The complete chain of incriminating circumstances unerringly pointed to the guilt of the accused," the court said, turning down the pleas of leniency by the accused.
"Nothing can be more degrading and dehumanizing that, to satisfy his prurience, a father views his three-year-old daughter as an object of sexual satisfaction," the court observed.
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- (Sources: Hindustan Times, 31/03/2006)