Education initiative changing lives of slum children in Jaipur, Ajmer
An education initiative, started by an NGO in Rajasthan, is changing the lives of thousands of children living in slums in two cities of the state which are Jaipur and Ajmer.
A seven-month-old baby girl was raped in Laxmangarh area in Alwar on May 9. The trial was completed in record 70 days.
In a much awaited judgment, a Rajasthan court on Saturday awarded death sentence to a 19-year-old youth for raping a seven-month-old baby earlier this year.
This is the first capital punishment order by a Rajasthan court after the state legislative assembly in March this year passed a bill approving death penalty to those convicted of raping or gang-raping a girl below 12 years of age.
A seven-month-old baby girl was raped in Laxmangarh area in Alwar on May 9. According to reports, the baby was taken away by the accused from a relative and later found crying in a football field. Medical examination confirmed that the child was raped.
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The local police filed a challan against the accused under sections of the POCSO Act and the IPC on June 6.
Pintu (19) was held guilty on Wednesday by a special court hearing cases relating to the SC/ST and the POCSO Acts.
Rajasthan became the second state in the country after Madhya Pradesh approving death sentence for those convicted of such rapes.
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