India, April 16 -- A sessions court on Wednesday convicted 44-year-old Nitin Karbhari Pathare for the murder of his girlfriend's three-year-old son in Ghatkopar in 2017, sentencing him to life imprisonment.

Additional sessions judge Mahesh K. Jadhav held that the prosecution had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt, finding that Pathare strangled the child and later buried the body near Haji Malang to destroy evidence. The court observed that the crime was triggered by a trivial incident, noting that the accused assaulted the child after he broke a tea cup. The accused strangled him and banged him on the floor, leading to his death.

A key piece of evidence was the testimony of the victim's then 5-year-old sister, who witnessed the in...