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Maharashtra: Man gets life for rape and murder of five-year-old

The police probe revealed she was raped and bludgeoned to death, after which Puri, who worked on the farm as a watchman, was arrested, the SPP said

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A man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday by a Nagpur court for raping and murdering a five-year-old girl in 2019.

Sanjay Puri, 32, was sentenced to death by District Judge and Additional Sessions Judge S R Padwal under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 376(A)(B) of the IPC and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, said Special Public Prosecutor Prashant Kumar Sathianathan.

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