Death penalty to a criminal in Pandesara minor girl rape and murder case

Surat: Dinesh Baisane, a convict guilty of rape and murder of a 10-year old girl child in migrants populated Pandesara area of Surat has been given death penalty by a local court.

Additional Sessions Judge A.N. Anjaria had declared an accused guilty on December 10. The order of death penalty was announced today.

The accused had raped a 10-year old girl child in December 2020 and killed her by brutally hitting a brick to her head. Baisane has been jailed in Lajpor jail of Surat. A girl was playing outside her elder uncle’s house alone. Dinesh offered her to take to a fastfood joint for Vadapav. He took her to fast food joint and later to bushes near Udhna based BRC compound and raped her. Victim girl child bit him on his hand. Angry with this, Dinesh hit victim girl’s head with brick repeatedly for seven times.

Accused was arrested for crimes including kidnapping, rape, murder and POCSO act. A trial in the court involved inputs from over 40 witnesses, CCTV footage, Forensic evidences, medical witnesses, parents of victim girl child.

Thanks to Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi’s personal supervision and clear directive, Gujarat Police has recently done speedy investigation and produced chargesheets in courts to pave a way for speedy trial and delivery of justice. This is one more case in which justice has been delivered in short time. Sanghavi while replying media query recently had also announced government’s decision to put the recent verdicts of death penalty and life-term in rape and murder crimes on large hoardings to inject fear among criminals and create awareness. DeshGujarat