New Delhi: A Delhi Court has convicted two accused, Manoj Kumar and Pradeep, in connection with a 2013 kidnapping and rape case of a 5-year-old girl in Gandhi Nagar.
The court, which will announce the quantum of punishment on January 30, said, “In our society the minor girls are worshipped as goddess on certain occasions but in the present case the victim child had experienced exceptional depravity and extreme brutality.”
“The crime against the victim was committed in a most grotesque and revolting manner and the collective conscience of the community was shaken,” the court added while holding the accused – Manoj Kumar and Pradeep – guilty.
Karkardooma Court in Delhi:
One of the convicts assaulted journalists outside the courtroom.
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The assault which took place just four months after Nirbhaya’s brutal rape had grabbed headlines with its shocking details. She was found two days later, tied in the basement of the East Delhi house she lived in with traces of candles and bottles inside her private parts.
The two convicts were arrested by the Delhi police within a week, but procedural delays plagued the case since then.
“Though the trial should have been completed in two years, we are happy we got justice,” said the father of the girl.
