This Article is From Mar 14, 2012

22-year-old sentenced to life for six-year-old girl's murder

Udhagamandalam: A local court sentenced a 22-year-old man to life for the alleged rape andmurder of a six-year old girl in Kothagiri, some three years ago.

The District Session Court Judge R Premkumar sentenced Manikandan to three life terms under various IPC sections,including rape and murder, besides imposing a total fine of rs 70,000. However, the sentences will run concurrently.

The prosecution case was that Manikandan (then 19-years) has taken the girl from his neighbour's house, allegedly rapedher and after strangulating her to death, put her body in a sack and threw it into a bush on September 29, 2009.

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