In Brief
A 28-year-old man was convicted of kidnapping, brutally raping, and murdering a mentally and physically disabled 7½-year-old girl. He lured her from her parents' vegetable cart with chocolates, took her on a stolen motorcycle, raped her causing gruesome injuries, then smashed her head fatally with the motorcycle and a stone. He was arrested with bloodstains on his clothes; the victim's body, motorcycle, and clothing were recovered at his disclosure. DNA matched his blood to the victim's. The Supreme Court upheld his conviction based on the complete chain of circumstantial evidence and confirmed his death sentence, finding the crime of 'rarest of rare' depravity. The Court rejected arguments about residual doubt, mitigating factors (young age, family dependents), and reformation, noting his prior criminal history and subsequent murder of a fellow jail inmate proved he posed ongoing danger to society."
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