Overview

• Rajib Ghosh, 34, was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and attempting to murder a seven-month-old girl in Kolkata in November 2024.
• The crime occurred when Ghosh abducted the child from a footpath where she was sleeping with her parents, assaulting her before abandoning her near a temple.
• The victim, who sustained severe injuries, has undergone four surgeries and remains in critical condition at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
• The trial, which began on January 7, 2025, concluded in just 40 days, with the court deeming it a 'rarest of the rare' case deserving of capital punishment.
• This marks the seventh death sentence in West Bengal in the past six months and the sixth under the POCSO Act for crimes against minors.