The Respected Supreme Court has stayed execution of death sentence awarded to a man accused of rape and murder of an 8-year old girl in Uttarakhand.
Granting leave for appeal to the accused, the bench headed by the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has called for lawer court records.
Holding it as a 'rarest of rare' case, the bench had observed:"The convict is a menace to the society and he shall continue to be so and he cannot be reformed. The convict had stooped so low as to unleash his monstrous self on the innocent, helpless and innocent child.
The division bench of the high court, while dismissing the appeal by the accused, had also recommended the state to enact in three months a suitable legislation for awarding death sentence to those found guilty of raping of 15 years or below.
"The Court is coming across a number of cases where the victims, aged 15 years or blow, are being raped and murdered. There should be deterrence. Though, it is for the State Government to bring an appropriate legislation to impose death sentence upon the convicts who are found guilty in cases of rape, however, the Court can always make suggestions/ recommendations to the State Government to bring a suitable Legislation to impose a stringent sentence upon the person who found guilty in such cases.
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