Gujarat High Court commutes death to 25 yrs in prison for rapist-killer

Ahmedabad | Wednesday | 7th August, 2019

Summary:

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday saved a man, Dinesh Vasava, from the gallows and sent him to 25-years in prison instead for raping an eight-year-old girl and throwing her in a well in 2014 in Aravalli district. The state government had moved the High Court for confirmation of the death penalty awarded by the lower court. As per the case details, the minor girl was playing outside her house in Aravalli district, when Vasava lured her with money. Thereafter, the girl was taken to a nearby field and raped. In haste, Vasava killed her by throwing her in a nearby well..