ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI)

Criminal Confirmation Case No.4 of 2022 is filed seeking confirmation of the death sentence awarded to the accused by the judgment and order dated 17/03/2022 passed in Special (POCSO) Case No. 27 of 2021 by learned Additional Sessions Judge & Special POCSO Judge, Kheda at Nadiad. The accused has been convicted and sentenced as under:

2. The convict has also preferred Criminal Appeal No.1525 of 2024 against said judgment and order of conviction and sentence and therefore, the Criminal Confirmation Case and the said appeal of the convict is heard and decided together by this common judgment.

Case of the Prosecution:-

3. The complainant, Rajuben w/o Sanjaybhai Ravjibhai Solanki, was residing with her family at Lasundra, Vajpayee Nagar, near the canal, Taluka Kathlal, District Kheda, and was doing house hold work. Her husband works as a driver at Torrent Power in Ahmedabad and they have three children. Among them, the victim daughter is 6 years old. She was enrolled in the 1st standard but due to the schools being closed because of Corona, she was not attending the school. That on 03/03/2021, at around 7:30 a.m., in the morning, he