Gujarat: Kalol court’s historic verdict, rape accused sentenced to death, fined Rs 50,000
In the rape case that created a stir in Kalol area of Gandhinagar district, the court has sentenced the serial rapist to death. Additional Judge of Kalol Court, A.A. Nanavati has ordered death penalty and a fine of fifty thousand rupees to the accused under Section 5 and 6 of the POCSO Act. The court had earlier sentenced accused Vijay Popatji Thakor to life imprisonment in two other cases of rape.
Chargesheet was filed in the court by the police
According to the information received, accused Vijay Popatji Thakor had abducted a girl weaving wood near Santej village. The accused made the girl sit on his motorcycle and took her to an isolated place in the field near Nasmed canal on Rancharda-Khatraj road, raped her and fled after injuring her in the private part. After this incident, there was a stir in the whole locality. After the police filed the charge sheet in the court, Additional Judge A.A. The case went on before Nanavati.
ordered to pay a fine of Rs.
Prosecution public prosecutor Sunil Pandya argued that the accused are used to committing such crimes with minor girls. It has come to light that he raped three girls in a short span of ten days. So that he should be sentenced to death. After which, considering the seriousness of the crime, the court accepted the arguments of the public prosecutor and ordered the accused to pay the death sentence and a fine of fifty thousand rupees under the section of the POCSO Act. Due to the historic decision of the Kalol court, there has been panic among the accused involved in serious crimes.
Earlier two girls were raped
The accused committed three rapes in a short span of ten days, which created a stir in the entire locality. After which the police started the exercise of arresting the serial rapist. The court has sentenced the accused to 20 years imprisonment in the last two judgments. The accused raped a three-year-old girl and threw her body in a drain. Apart from this, in another case, a minor girl was raped and her mobile phone was looted. Both these cases went to court and he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Order to give compensation of ten lakh rupees to the victim
The court ordered a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the rape victim. Out of which an amount of Rs. 4 lakh has already been paid. In view of the seriousness of the matter and the physical condition of the girl child, an additional payment of Rs 6 lakh has been ordered, taking the total assistance of Rs 10 lakh to the victim. The accused wept as soon as the Kalol court sentenced him to death. Allegations were being leveled against the accused who murdered small girls like flowers after raping them. There was uproar in the campus after the first death sentence in the Kalol court.
The victim got justice after 525 days
The accused had raped the girl on November 4, 2021 in Santej, Kalol. The black act of this incident echoed in the entire Gandhinagar district. The rape victim got justice after 525 days. The rape victim was seriously injured and was admitted to the hospital for treatment. Gandhinagar police had borne the expenses of the treatment of the girl who was hanging between life and death. The then police chief of Gandhinagar district as well as range IG and other police personnel showed humanity and bore the cost of the treatment.
