In The State of Maharashtra v. Bhimrao Prabhakar Kamble, the Special POCSO Court, Pune, sentenced a 65-year-old man to death after convicting him of the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl. The Court completed the trial within 55 days and held that the case satisfied the "rarest of rare" standard due to the gravity of the offence and the vulnerability of the victim. The conviction was based on a consistent chain of circumstantial evidence, including CCTV footage, DNA evidence, forensic reports, and the "last seen together" principle. The Court found that the prosecution had proved the charges beyond reasonable doubt and rejected the defence's request for a lesser sentence, observing that the circumstances of the case outweighed any mitigating factors. The accused was convicted under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the POCSO Act and sentenced to death, subject to confirmation by the Bombay High Court, as required by law.