New Delhi, June 29 -- A special court in Pune on Monday awarded the death penalty to a 65-year-old man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering a three-year-old girl in Nasrapur village, holding that the case falls under the "rarest of rare" category.

The court said Bhimrao Kamble should be 'hanged till death,' saying the evidence clearly established aggravating circumstances in favour of the prosecution.

Last week, a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court found Kamble guilty of raping and murdering the child. In its judgment, the court said the prosecution had proved his guilt beyond reasonable doubt through a consistent chain of circumstantial and forensic evidence.

"The offences relate to the commiss...