Hyderabad: A POCSO court awarded two death sentences to a Nalgonda man for the 2013 rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl. The in-charge judge, Roja Ramani, also imposed a total fine of ₹1.10 lakh and directed payment of ₹10 lakh compensation to the victim’s family.
The convict, Mohammed Mukarram, lured the girl to his home in Nalgonda, raped her, and killed her before dumping her body in a drainage canal. Her family filed a missing complaint with Nalgonda One Town Police, leading to the registration of a case under POCSO and murder charges.
The case saw a decade-long legal battle in the Nalgonda district court. For the murder, the court sentenced Mukarram to death under IPC with a ₹50,000 fine. For the rape, he received another death sentence under the POCSO Act with a ₹50,000 fine. For destroying evidence, he was given seven years’ imprisonment under IPC with a ₹10,000 fine.
The victim’s family expressed satisfaction with the verdict, calling it long-awaited justice.
