India, June 29 -- A sessions court in Maharashtra's Pune on Monday pronounced capital punishment for Bhimrao Kamble, who was convicted last week for the rape and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in Nasrapur.

In its ruling, the court of Special Judge SR Salunkhe, observed that the case falls under rarest of the rare category and therefore convict to be "hanged till death".

Last week, a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court had convicted the 65-year-old for the rape and murder of the girl child, holding that the prosecution had established an "unbroken chain of circumstantial and forensic evidence" proving his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The prosecution has argued that the case falls within the ...