Gujarat court awards life sentence to man in rape-murder case; convict hurls footwear at judge
The Hindu
According to the prosecution, the convict, a native of Madhya Pradesh, raped and murdered the girl on April 30
A Surat court on December 29 sentenced a 27-year-old man to life imprisonment “for the remainder of his natural life” in a case of rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in April this year.
After the court of Special POCSO Judge P.S. Kala pronounced the sentence, the convict, Sujit Saket, got enraged and hurled his slippers towards the Judge. But, the footwear missed the target and fell near the witness box.
According to the prosecution, the convict, a native of Madhya Pradesh, raped and murdered the girl on April 30.

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