Man accused in Sakinaka rape-murder case gets death sentence
India Today
The man accused in the Sakinaka rape-murder case was sentenced to death by a Mumbai court on Thursday.
A Mumbai court on Thursday sentenced a 45-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a 34-year-old woman in Mumbai’s Sakinaka area in September 2021. While announcing the sentence, the judge said the case falls under the category of rarest of the rare cases.
Additional sessions judge H C Shende had convicted accused Mohan Kathwaru Chauhan under IPC sections 302 (murder), 376 (rape) as well as provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on May 30.
The prosecution had demanded capital punishment for the accused on Wednesday.
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According to a report by PTI, advocate Mahesh Mule, appearing for the prosecution said, "This is an offence against a woman and that too, a woman belonging to a scheduled caste that makes it more serious." He further added that the incident was a gruesome and diabolical attack on a lonely woman at odd hours of the night ultimately raising fear for women's safety in a metropolitan city like Mumbai.
The court took note of the prosecution's argument that the accused had injured the woman fatally and left no chance of her survival after completely damaging her digestive system.
The incident took place in the wee hours of September 10, 2021 when Chauhan and the woman broke out in a verbal argument following which the accused assaulted her on the footpath. The woman died during treatment at civic-run Rajawadi Hospital a day later.
