7-Year-Old's Neighbour Sentenced To Death For Her Rape And Murder In Kolkata
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The court quoted Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith and said, "Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent".
A year and a half after a 7-year-old girl was raped and murdered and her body was found inside a sack, a court in Kolkata has sentenced her neighbour to death, holding that the crime falls under the category of "rarest of rare" cases.
Pronouncing the sentence on Thursday, the special Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) court quoted Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith and said, "Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent"
The girl went missing from her house in Kolkata's Tiljala area on the morning of March 26, 2023. Based on the family's complaint, the Kolkata Police launched an extensive search and, later that evening, her body was found in a sack inside the kitchen of one of her neighbours' flats.
