Reacting to their death sentence, the external affairs ministry had earlier expressed its "deep shock" and said that it was exploring all the legal options to challenge the Qatar court verdict.
A court in Uttar Pradesh's Aurraiya district has awarded the death sentence to a man who was convicted for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl earlier this year.
Balwant Singh Rajoana is a convict in the case of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh assassination.
The convict, a Tamil Nadu man, Sundar alias Sundararajan, had kidnapped and murdered a seven-year-old boy in 2009 following the inability of the victims’ parents to meet the demand of the ransom of Rs 5 lakh.
Judge Ambalal R Patel announced a compensation of Rs one lakh for the families of the deceased, Rs 50,000 for the seriously injured and Rs 25,000 for those who suffered minor injuries.
During the hearing, the court lent ears to 24 witnesses and studied the DNA test report of the girl. After that, based on all the evidence and statements of witnesses, the judge announced a death sentence to rapist 26-year-old Nokaram alias Dharma.
The woman's counsel, Muhammad Ramzan, had argued that the suspect was of unsound mind at the time of occurrence
On April 15, 2019, when the minor was at home alone with her grandmother, Thakur, 26, from the same village, entered the house and raped the teen.
“His retrial and subsequent sentence were arbitrary,” the Canadian ambassador to Beijing Dominic Barton said
On July 17, 2019, the ICJ ruled that Pakistan must review the death sentence given to Kulbhushan Jadhav.
