Kathua rape accused who claimed to be juvenile to be tried as adult

A rape accused in the sensational murder and rape of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district that took the entire country by storm, who had earlier claimed to be a juvenile, will now be tried as an adult according to PTI sources.

Minor rapists get away with a maximum punishment of three years of imprisonment and also escape harsher sentences like death penalty. 

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