Karnataka: Two awarded death sentence for rape, murderÂ
Chikkamagaluru/UNI: A Chikkamagaluru court on Saturday were sentenced to death two persons convicted of rape and murder 18-year-old girl in 2016.
Pradeep M, 32, and Santhosh, 24, of Vykuntapura in Sringeri taluk raped a 18-year-old girl while she was returning home from college on Februrary 16, 2016.
They then threw the body into an abandoned well. Her father subsequently filed a complaint with the Sringeri police. Police inspector Sudheer M Hegde conducted the probe and filed the charge-sheet.
Principal District and Sessions Judge Umesh M. Adiga convicted the accused on January 18. On Saturday, the judge sentenced them to death, besides imposing a penalty of Rs 25,000 each.
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