A court in Surat on Thursday awarded death sentence to Fenil Goyani who murdered a 21-year-old college student outside her house for rejecting his relationship proposal in February this year.
Citing the Nirbhaya gangrape case of Delhi and a verse from the Manusmriti, the judge also compared the accused to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab in his cruelty and lack of remorse.
Surat's Principal Sessions and District Judge V.K. Vyas said strict punishment was needed to deter people from committing such crimes against women.
