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2 get death sentence for rape-murder of minor

A Bihar court on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to two persons, after convicting them of rape and murder of a minor girl last year in Madhubani district.

Updated on: Jul 9, 2013, 20:20:14 IST
PTI | By , Madhubani
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A Bihar court on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to two persons, after convicting them of rape and murder of a minor girl last year in Madhubani district.

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The additional district judge Manmohan Lal Karn sentenced the duo - Suresh Mandal and Kailash Paswan - to death after finding them guilty of the charges under sections 302 and 376 of the IPC.

According to prosecution, the convicted duo had raped a minor girl and killed her in Kumar village under Jai Nagar police station area on June 28, 2012.

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