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The Thane Sessions Court yesterday sentenced a 29-year-old man to death for raping and killing a minor. He had been arrested more than two years ago by the Wada police, for raping the six-year-old girl, and strangling her to death. On the basis of the statements of 16 witnesses and medical reports, the Special Judge of POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) court, Judge Mridula Bhatia, sentenced the accused.