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Janjgir-Champa Court News: Janjgir-Champa District Sessions Court has sentenced the accused of rape-murder to death. The incident took place on August 14, 2022 in Dabhra police station, where the accused cheated, raped and murdered the young woman with a stone and blade.
Report: Kailash Kashyap
Janjgir Champa News: Three years after a heart-wrenching incident in Dabhra police station area of Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh, the court has sentenced the accused to death. District Sessions Court’s Special Sessions Judge Kumari Sunita Sahu has given death sentence to Shankar Nishad, accused of brutal murder after rape.
This decision of the court not only provides justice to the victim’s family, but also gives a message of strictness on crimes against women. The deceased was a girl from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community, due to which the accused was given severe punishment under the POCSO Act and SC/ST Act.
This is how the murder was done…
The incident took place on 14 August 2022 in Dabhra police station area. The debate in the court and the evidence proved that the accused had lured the victim to Bemetara by a new route in the name of getting her the herb for her vitiligo and because the road was closed due to floods. On this pretext, the accused took the girl to Junadih Sajapali forest of Palgada Ghat and tried to have physical relations with her. When the victim did not agree to sexual intercourse, the accused threw her on the ground and hit her on the head with a stone. Put leaves in his mouth. They tied her hands with a scarf and raped her. Then he killed him by cutting his jugular vein with a blade. The villagers had informed the police after finding the dead body.
Shankar already knew the girl
The police took immediate action and arrested the accused. Investigation revealed that Shankar Nishad already knew the victim and carried out the incident on the pretext of her job. On behalf of the prosecution, Special Public Prosecutor (Ext. Act) Dheeraj Kumar Shukla presented strong evidence in the court, which included medical reports, forensic evidence, statements of witnesses and confession of the accused. After a three-year long hearing, the verdict was announced in the Special Sessions Court on Tuesday.
The court awarded this punishment
Special Judge (SC/ST) Sunita Sahu found that the rape and murder were carried out in a brutal manner. This shows the cruel mentality of the accused. Therefore, accused Shankar Nishad, father Pitambar Nishad, age 25 years, resident of village Sukhda police station Akaltara district Janjgir-Champa (Chhattisgarh) has been arrested under IPC. For crimes under sections 376 and 302, it was ordered to be punished with death penalty and a fine of Rs 1000/-.
