A special court awarded death sentence to two men for raping a minor girl in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh two months ago.
Special Judge Nisha Gupta held Irfan alias Bhaiyu, 20, and Asif, 24, guilty and sentenced them to death under the newly introduced IPC section 376DB (punishment for rape of a woman under 12 years of age by one or more persons), public prosecutor BS Thakur said.
The girl was abducted on June 26 while she was waiting for her father outside her school in Mandsaur and was later gang-raped.
The accused had also tried to kill her by slitting her throat.
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The minor, who suffered severe injuries to her neck, face, head and private parts in the incident, is undergoing treatment in Indore.
Relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act were invoked against the accused.
(With PTI inputs)
