Life term for attempt to rape, murder of 8-year old girl

A Mahila Court here today sentenced a 30-year-old man to life imprisonment for murdering a minor girl after attempting to rape her in the city in 2011.
Judge M P Subramanian sentenced Govindan under sections IPC 302 (murder) and 201 (attempting to destroy evidence) and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000.
The Judge also sentenced him 10 years Rigorous Imprisonment for kidnap under IPC 366 and seven years for attempt RPT attempt to rape under 376 (rape) read with 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with life imprisonment).
The sentences will run concurrently, he ordered.
Incidentally, Govindan is already serving a life sentence in the the Central prison here as he was convicted in the rape and murder of a 21-year old college student in Uthangarai in Krishnagiri in January 2011.

The prosecution case was that Govindan had attempted RPT attempted to rape and murdered the eight-year-old girl, a relative of him, on February 28, 2011 and burnt the body in an open ground near her house in Udayampalayam.
Govindan who had surrendered a couple of days after the murder of the minor girl, confessed to have raped and murdered the college girl for which a Krishnagiri Court sentenced him for life imprisonment.