Supreme Court stays death penalty of man convicted for rape, murder of four-year-old in Madhya Pradesh

The Madhya Pradesh High Court's Jabalpur bench in its judgement had sentenced the convict to death.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of death sentence of a man convicted in rape and murder of a four-year-old in Madhya Pradesh.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court's Jabalpur bench in its judgement had sentenced the convict to death.

Supreme Court stays the execution of death sentence of a convict in rape and murder of a four-year-old. Madhya Pradesh High Court's Jabalpur bench in its judgement had sentenced the convict to death.

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The state, last year in December passed a new anti-rape law that awards death penalty for those convicted for raping minors aged 12 or less.