KOLHAPUR: The district sessions court here on Thursday held a 40-year-old man guilty of rape and murder of a six-year-old girl and the punishment will be announced by judge V V Joshi on Monday.
The incident of abduction, rape and murder of the six-year-old girl took place on October 31, 2021, at Khochi village in Hatkanangle tehsil of Kolhapur district. The accused — Pradip alias Banda Powar — was arrested within 24 hours by police under sections Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocos) Act.