<p>Kolkata: A Kolkata court on Thursday sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in 2023, holding that it was a case of the rarest of rare nature.</p>.<p>The girl had gone missing from near her house at Tiljala in south-east Kolkata on March 26 last year when she went out on some chores.</p>.<p>The police launched an investigation after a missing diary was lodged and found her body in a nearby flat.</p>.<p>The tenant of the flat was arrested and charged with rape and murder of the girl after post-mortem examination reports confirmed the crimes.</p>.POCSO case against female actor in Kerala.<p>The body bore blunt weapon injuries and strangulation marks post-rape, according to the autopsy report.</p>.<p>Special Judge (POCSO) at Alipore court, Sudipto Bhattacharya, finding the accused guilty of rape and murder, sentenced him to death, holding that it was a case of the rarest of rare nature.</p>.<p>He observed that the girl, who was of the tender age of seven, had no possibility of defending herself and was subjected to the heinous crime.</p>.<p>The trial was completed within a year after framing of charges against the accused before the court, public prosecutor Madhavi Ghosh said.</p>.<p>The court also ordered that Rs 10 lakh be paid by the West Bengal government to the girl's mother under the victim compensation scheme of the state.</p>
<p>Kolkata: A Kolkata court on Thursday sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in 2023, holding that it was a case of the rarest of rare nature.</p>.<p>The girl had gone missing from near her house at Tiljala in south-east Kolkata on March 26 last year when she went out on some chores.</p>.<p>The police launched an investigation after a missing diary was lodged and found her body in a nearby flat.</p>.<p>The tenant of the flat was arrested and charged with rape and murder of the girl after post-mortem examination reports confirmed the crimes.</p>.POCSO case against female actor in Kerala.<p>The body bore blunt weapon injuries and strangulation marks post-rape, according to the autopsy report.</p>.<p>Special Judge (POCSO) at Alipore court, Sudipto Bhattacharya, finding the accused guilty of rape and murder, sentenced him to death, holding that it was a case of the rarest of rare nature.</p>.<p>He observed that the girl, who was of the tender age of seven, had no possibility of defending herself and was subjected to the heinous crime.</p>.<p>The trial was completed within a year after framing of charges against the accused before the court, public prosecutor Madhavi Ghosh said.</p>.<p>The court also ordered that Rs 10 lakh be paid by the West Bengal government to the girl's mother under the victim compensation scheme of the state.</p>