On the night of September 14, 2009, Sonam mixed some sedative in the dinner ('rotis') and milk of her family members and strangled them with rope with the help of Navin after they fell unconscious.
Terming them "monsters", a Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of a teenage girl and her boyfriend, who killed 7 members of her family at Kabpulpur village in Rohtak in September 2009.
The convicts are Sonam Dagar, now 27, and Navin Dagar, 28, both hailing from the same village.
Sonam and Navin who belonged to the same clan were having an affair. They were studying at Rohtak town and started liking each other. When Sonam's parents got to know of their affair, they asked her to discontinue studies and restricted her to home.
Apprehending that her family will not accept their relationship, the duo eliminated Sonam's parents (Surender, 45, and Promila, 40), brother Arvind, 15, grandmother Bhuro Devi, 70, and 3 cousins Vishal, 10, Sonika, 12, and Monica, 14.
Marriage within the same clan is considered a taboo in the rural Haryana.
To avoid suspicion on her, Sonam lay down in the bathroom pretending to be in an unconscious state and tried to portray the incident a result of property dispute or loot.
Police had solved the case after tracking the call details of Sonam and Navin. Sonam and Navin were convicted under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC and were awarded death sentence by the Rohtak district and sessions court on March 4, 2014.
"The murders were committed one by one. The conscience of both accused was not shaken even after committing the 1st murder. Accused Sonam was given birth and brought up by her parents. A woman by its very nature is merciful. From childhood, all necessary facilities were extended to her by her parents," the division bench of justice AB Chaudhari and justice Kuldip Singh said, while justifying the death sentence.
"After committing murder of Bhuri (grandmother), both of them committed sexual intercourse on the bed where dead body of Bhuri was lying. The grisly act and the manner of commission of crime shows that both accused are monsters," the division bench added.
The court further observed that the collective conscience of the community is shocked with the present case. "...Death penalty in present case is desirable and is only punishment, which could be awarded. The murders show deplorability. The murders were committed in cold blood," the bench added.
Source: Hindustan Times, July 18, 2018
One-eyed molester faces death penalty
Ayaz Mohammed Ansari, the 1-eyed serial child molester, faces the death penalty after he was convicted of raping and performing unnatural sex on a 13-year-old girl. This was the 3rd conviction for Ansari, who has at least 11 more cases against him.
Soon after he was convicted by special POCSO judge M A Baraliya on Friday, the special public prosecutor filed an application for the death penalty to be applied against him. The court will take a decision on Wednesday.
According to the police, Ansari, 33, confessed to molesting 24 minors from the western suburbs. On Tuesday, he was held guilty of rape, unnatural sex and grievous hurt under sections of the Indian Penal Code as well as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
In this incident, which occurred in 2015, the prosecution, led by Special Public Prosecutor Geeta Sharma, said that a drunk Ansari raped the girl, who was returning home alone after an exam, after pretending to be her father's friend. He stopped only after a watchman spotted him and informed her father.
Earlier convictions
In a case registered in January 2013, the victim, who lived in Juhu, deposed before the court that she was returning home from tuition when Ansari approached her. He introduced himself as Rakesh and said he wanted to give a number to her father for some official work. The girl told him that she was getting late and that he should call up her father instead. But Ansari insisted that it would only take 5 minutes and asked her to follow him. He took her to a secluded floor of a nearby building, where he held her hand, flashed his private parts and started masturbating. He also threatened her that if she screamed, he would take a knife from his pocket and slash her.
The girl said that he then began removing her clothes when they heard some voices. The girl ran out and called her father, who filed a police complaint.
In another case, registered at Amboli police station on March 9, 2013, Ansari accosted a 10-year old girl, when she was out to eat panipuri in her neighbourhood. Ansari told her that he is her father's friend and that her mother was with him. He asked her to accompany her, but the girl refused. He then forcefully picked her up and assaulted her.
Source: Mumbai Mirror, July 18, 2018
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