HC confirms death sentence for rapist

The Bombay High Court today confirmed the death penalty to a 22-year-old youth from Bihar for raping and murdering a minor girl after holding it as “rarest of rare” case.

A division bench of Justices P V Hardas and A M Thipsay today confirmed the death penalty of Raju Jagdish Paswan for murdering and raping a nine-year-old girl in June 2010 in Sangli district of Maharashtra.

–PTi