Life terms for three over rape and murder in Kashmir of Muslim girl, eight
Prosecutors will appeal and seek the death penalty for the three who received life terms.
A court has sentenced three Hindu men, including a police officer, to life imprisonment for kidnapping, raping and murdering an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Indian-controlled Kashmir, in a case that has exacerbated tensions in the disputed region.
Judge Tejwinder Singh sentenced three other policemen to five years in prison for destroying evidence, prosecutor Santokh Singh told reporters.
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