A Magura court has fixed May 17 for delivering the verdict in the rape and murder case of a minor girl.

Judge M Zahid Hasan of the Magura Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal set the date after concluding arguments in the case on Tuesday (May 13).

Earlier, the court framed charges against four accused in the case on April 23.

A total of 29 witnesses testified in the case, and the court has been able to prove the guilt of the accused, Hitu Sheikh, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

The incident took place on the night of March 5 when the victim visited her sister’s in-laws’ house in the village in Magura’s Sadar upazila. She was initially admitted to Magura General Hospital and later transferred to Faridpur Medical College Hospital as her condition deteriorated.

Afterwards, she was shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), where she breathed her last at around 1pm today (March 13).