In Brief
The Supreme Court dismissed a review petition challenging the death sentence imposed on a man convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a four-year-old girl. The Court held that the brutal and barbaric manner of the crime—where the child was lured with chocolates, raped, and battered to death with heavy stones—constituted a 'rarest of rare' case warranting capital punishment. Though the accused argued mitigating circumstances including educational achievements in prison, the Court found that the extreme depravity of the crime, the complete helplessness of the child victim, and demonstrated cruelty substantially outweighed any reformation efforts, justifying the death sentence.",
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