A sessions court in Mumbai on Monday, May 30, convicted a 45-year-old man of raping and murdering a woman. The convict has been identified as Mohan Chouhan.
This development came eight months after the rape and murder of a 32-year-old woman in Sakinaka, which took place on September 10.
The court will hear arguments on point of sentencing on Wednesday. While the maximum sentence is death, the minimum is life imprisonment.
The prosecution examined 37 witnesses and relied on the CCTV footage, which showed the woman was with Chouhan last, in November. The statements of eyewitnesses corroborated this.
The prosecution also cited the medical evidence, which proved that fatal injuries inflicted by Chauhan caused the woman’s death.
A CCTV camera caught Chouhan assaulting the victim and pulling her towards a tempo, where he sexually assaulted her. A watchman saw the woman in an injured state. He informed the police, which rushed her to the Rajawadi Hospital, Ghatkopar. She died at the hospital a day later.
The prosecution said that the accused knew the victim belonged to Schedule Caste.
In a chargesheet submitted just 18 days after the incident, the police had alleged that the accused was angry with the victim for refusing to have sex with him. The prosecution submitted that the family of the accused had disowned him.
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