Satara, Jul 22 : A district court in Maharashtra on Friday sentenced to death a 41 year old man for sexually torturing and murdering an eight year-old girl in Satara district over one and a half years back.

District special additional session judge of Karad K S Hore gave the capital punishment to the accused Santosh Chandru Thorat for the incident that took place at Ruvale vilage in Patan tehsil on December 29, 2021.

According to public prosecutor Rajendra Shah, the accused, a resident of Ruvale, lured the victim with chocolates and took her to an isolated place, He sexually oppressed the girl before murdering her and then threw the body in a valley.

Judge Hore accepted evidences, statements of witnesses and arguments of the prosecution and sentenced to death accused Santosh under Child sexual oppressed law.