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Palghar man gets death for rape, murder of minor girl
A Palghar court on Friday sentenced 46-year-old Pramul, also known as Praful or Pramade Ratna Ghose, to death for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in a Dahanu tribal hamlet…
The Story in Brief
A Palghar court on Friday sentenced 46-year-old Pramul, also known as Praful or Pramade Ratna Ghose, to death for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in a Dahanu tribal hamlet on September 27, 2021. Additional Sessions Judge A R Rahane also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000. The court took grave note of the brutality and the accused's lack of remorse, who showed no contrition even after sentencing.
Prosecutors said the accused lured the child to his house, showed her obscene images and assaulted her. When she threatened to tell her family, he chased her with a sickle and struck her about 15 times on the head, neck and face. A villager who intervened was also seriously injured. Officials called it possibly the first death penalty in a Palghar POCSO case.
The Indian Opinion
This verdict is a rare dose of swift justice in a system where such cases drag for years. But a death sentence is not a cure for the rot; it is a bandage. The real test is whether the state will now speed up trials in the hundreds of pending POCSO cases, and whether Palghar's police will stop treating tribal victims as statistics. Watch if the Bombay High Court confirms the sentence within a year; delay would mock this judgment.
Sources (2): ndtv.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
