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Gujarat Court Sentences Man to Death for Girl’s Murder
A court in Jamnagar, Gujarat, found Nitin Manek guilty of murdering an eight-year-old girl.
The court said the crime was among the “rarest of the rare.”
The girl had suffered severe physical abuse, according to the report.
Police investigated and arrested Manek.
They filed their chargesheet within 35 days of the incident.
At the trial, prosecutors brought forward 23 witnesses and around 95 pieces of documentary evidence.
The court sentenced Manek to death for murder.
It also gave him a life sentence under a child-protection law and a fine of Rs 50,000.
A special POCSO court in Jamnagar sentenced Nitin Manek to death for murdering an eight-year-old girl.
The court described the case as “rarest of the rare” after weighing the evidence and gravity of the crime.
The girl was subjected to physical abuse, including burns from matchsticks and repeated assaults with an iron pestle.
Manek also received a life sentence under the POCSO Act and a fine of Rs 50,000.
Police filed a chargesheet within 35 days; prosecutors presented 23 witnesses and around 95 documentary evidence items.
- Who
- Nitin Manek was convicted of murdering an eight-year-old girl.
- What
- A special POCSO court sentenced him to death, plus life imprisonment under the POCSO Act and a Rs 50,000 fine.
- Where
- Sikka, in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district.
- When
- The crime took place in 2025; the date of the verdict is not stated.
- Why
- The court cited the evidence and gravity of the crime in classifying it as “rarest of the rare.”
Key facts
- Court
- Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court, Jamnagar district
- Accused
- Nitin Manek, a resident of Sikka
- Victim
- Eight-year-old girl
- Sentence for murder
- Death sentence
- Additional sentence
- Life imprisonment under the POCSO Act
- Fine
- Rs 50,000
- Trial evidence
- 23 witnesses and around 95 documentary evidence items
- Chargesheet
- Filed within 35 days of the incident
Quotes
Gujarat government officials
Officials commenting on the state government's approach to crimes against women and girls.
“The Gujarat government, under Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, has maintained a zero-tolerance policy towards crimes against women and girls.”
thehansindia.com
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