Kathua rape-murder case: Six of 7 convicted

Children light candles to condemn incidents of rape in Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) and Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) in Ajmer, on April 16, 2018. (Photo: Shaukat Ahmed/IANS)

A Special Court in Pathankot in Punjab convicted six out of the seven in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua…reports Asian Lite News

Children light candles to condemn incidents of rape in Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) and Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) in Ajmer, on April 16, 2018. (Photo: Shaukat Ahmed/IANS)

The trial began in a court here a year back. Arguments on quantum of punishment is likely to be announced at 2 p.m.

The day-to-day in-camera trial began in the first week of June last year after the Supreme Court directed that the case be shifted out of Jammu and Kashmir.

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