<p align="justify" class="title">In a bizarre happening, a rapist who was sentenced to death by the court, threw bricks at media people and lawyers and snatched a rifle from a policeman.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">This incident occurred at district and sessions court premises, here in Ramanagaram, on Wednesday morning. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Salim (35), the rape convict who was given a death sentence, picked up some bricks in a fit of rage while walking out of the court premises and hurled them at media people and lawyers.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He then grabbed a rifle from a policeman's hand. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The police then wrested the firearm back from him and took him away in an autorickshaw. </p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Why the death sentence?</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Salim was convicted and sentenced to death, for raping and murdering a nine-year-old girl. The sentence was awarded by the third district and sessions court here. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Police said Salim raped the girl on August 15, 2012 at Janata colony, Tavarekere, Bengaluru Rural taluk. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Salim, a resident of Goriplaya in Bengaluru, was visiting his sister in Tavarekere on that day.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He took the rape victim with him on the pretext of buying beedis and then raped her at his sister's house when no one was at home. He killed her there. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Tavarekere police had registered the case and arrested him. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">When the charges were proved, the judge sentenced him to 10 years in jail and Rs 50,000 fine for the rape; and death sentence for the murder. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Public Prosecutor Raghu informed DH that this was the first time any convict was sentenced to death for rape, in a Ramanagaram court. </p>
<p align="justify" class="title">In a bizarre happening, a rapist who was sentenced to death by the court, threw bricks at media people and lawyers and snatched a rifle from a policeman.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">This incident occurred at district and sessions court premises, here in Ramanagaram, on Wednesday morning. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Salim (35), the rape convict who was given a death sentence, picked up some bricks in a fit of rage while walking out of the court premises and hurled them at media people and lawyers.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He then grabbed a rifle from a policeman's hand. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The police then wrested the firearm back from him and took him away in an autorickshaw. </p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Why the death sentence?</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Salim was convicted and sentenced to death, for raping and murdering a nine-year-old girl. The sentence was awarded by the third district and sessions court here. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Police said Salim raped the girl on August 15, 2012 at Janata colony, Tavarekere, Bengaluru Rural taluk. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Salim, a resident of Goriplaya in Bengaluru, was visiting his sister in Tavarekere on that day.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He took the rape victim with him on the pretext of buying beedis and then raped her at his sister's house when no one was at home. He killed her there. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Tavarekere police had registered the case and arrested him. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">When the charges were proved, the judge sentenced him to 10 years in jail and Rs 50,000 fine for the rape; and death sentence for the murder. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Public Prosecutor Raghu informed DH that this was the first time any convict was sentenced to death for rape, in a Ramanagaram court. </p>