The trial in the brutal gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu & Kashmir that shook the nation ended Monday and the judgement in the case in which there are eight accused including a village head is likely to be delivered on June 10.
District and sessions judge Tejwinder Singh announced in the court in Pathankot after the conclusion of the in-camera trial that he is likely to deliver the verdict on June 10, special public prosecutor JK Chopra said.
Defence lawyers completed their final arguments followed by brief concluding statement from prosecution team led by Chopra, officials said. According to 15-page chargesheet, eight-year-old girl, who was kidnapped on January 10 last year, was allegedly raped in captivity in a temple in Kathua district after having been kept sedated for four days before she was bludgeoned to death.