Convicted for raping and murdering a minor girl in Nehru Nagar area in suburban Kurla five years ago, Javed Sheikh has been sentenced to life by a Mumbai special court.
Special Public Prosecutor in the case Pradeep Gharat had sought capital punishment for the convict.
Sheikh, an employee of a local cable operator, was arrested on July 1, 2010. Several cases of rape and murder of minor girls had been reported in the area during that period.
The prosecution had examined 26 witnesses while the defence examined four witnesses.
The girl's body was found inside an unoccupied shanty at Nehru Nagar's Vatsalatai Nagar slum on June 19, 2010, after the neighbours complained of foul smell. The girl had gone missing on June 5.
The medical report confirmed rape.
The police, in August 2010, filed a 325-page charge sheet against Sheikh, consisting of statements of 45 witnesses, medical reports, forensic reports, DNA test report, etc.
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