Kolkata: A Murshidabad court in West Bengal on Friday (December 13) sentenced one person to death and awarded life imprisonment to another in the rape and murder case of a minor girl and necrophilia in state’s Farakka in October.
The additional sessions judge, Jangipur court, sentenced death penalty to Dinabandhu Halder life imprisonment to Subhojit Halder. The court had declared Dinabandhu Halder guilty of rape and murder, and Subhojit of assisting Dinabandhu Halder in the crime on Thursday.
Sentence in the case came on the 61st day of the crime
The sentence in the case came on the 61st day of the crime. The investigation into the case was completed and chargesheet was submitted by the police before the court in 21 days.
Earlier a special court awarded death penalty to a 19-year-old man for rape-murder of a 10-year class 4 girl
Earlier this month on December 6, a special court in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district awarded death sentence to a 19-year-old man for the offence of rape and murder of a 10-year class 4 girl on the 62nd day after the body of the girl was discovered on October 4.
What was the case?
Additional Director General (ADG), West Bengal Police, Supratim Sarkar told reporters after the pronouncement of sentence in the case that Dinabandhu Halder had lured the minor by offering her flowers on Vijaya Dashami on October 13 at Farakka in Murshidabad district. The officer said that the minor was raped and murdered and rape was committed on her dead body again thereafter, which is known as necrophilia, by Dinabandhu and he was assisted in the crime by Subhojit Halder, news agency PTI reported.
Supratim Sarkar further told reporters that a special investigation team (SIT) was formed by the police to probe the case and the chargesheet in the case was submitted within 21 days following the arrest of the two persons.
Every rapist deserves nothing less than capital punishment, West Bengal chief minister while hailing verdict
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hailed the verdict by the Murshidabad court, saying every rapist deserves nothing less than the capital punishment.
“I have said this before, and I will say it again: Every rapist deserves nothing less than the harshest punishment- capital punishment. As a society, we must unite to eradicate this heinous social malice. I believe that swift, time-bound trials and punishments will serve as a powerful deterrent, sending a clear message that such crimes will not be tolerated. I congratulate the state police and all involved in the prosecution process for this achievement, while my thoughts and prayers are with the family of the victim,” the chief minister, hailing the verdict, wrote on social media platform X.
