In 2006, Bharatbhai Patel alias Bharat Chaudhary, a resident of Golvi village in Diyodar taluka of Banaskantha, left his house as a 15-year-old. He had failed his Board exams and his parents had given him a tongue-lashing.
The woman is a Dalit migrant from Maharashtra's Dhule district. Now 22 years old, the woman is a mother of a two-year-old girl and stays with her mother and two younger siblings in Surat.
Government pleader Sukhadwala expressed satisfaction over the court verdict; says the order will set an example in society; the accused downloaded a video of how to kill a minor.