Gujarat Man Gets Death Sentence For Stabbing Teen 34 Times
NDTV
The Gujarat court held this was a "rarest of the rare case" as defined by the Supreme Court in the Nirbhaya case
A man accused of murdering a minor girl by stabbing her 34 times, has been sentenced to death by a court in Gujarat's Rajkot. The court of Additional District and Sessions judge RR Chaudhary sentenced Jayesh Sarvaiya, 26, to death for stabbing a Class 11 student 34 times after she refused to enter into a relationship with him.
The man had also injured the girl's brother, who tried to intervene during the attack, which took place in March 2021.
The court held this was a "rarest of the rare case" as per the definition given by the Supreme Court in the Nirbhaya case, said special public prosecutor Janak Patel.
Jayesh Sarvaiya was booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
