Patna: Convicted of rape and murder at the age of 12, Mantun Kumar was sentenced to five years imprisonment followed by six months' service at a temple by a court in the Begusarai district of Bihar.

And Kumar considers himself to be very lucky to serve the sentence, as it is a sentence to ‘serve God’.

Says Kumar,” I consider myself lucky as I am in the presence of God.”

Kumar in fact feels so indebted to the legal system that he now wants to help run the rule of law.

“In future I would like to do a respectable work. My desire is to become a police inspector,” says Kumar.

The temple authorities as well as worshippers also support the court verdict.

“The worst of human beings get reformed when they come before God. The court has made the right decision,” says manager, Mahavir Temple, Patna, Nagendra Ojha.

“I think the court's decision is right. He should be given a chance to reform himself,” adds a devotee, Rupa Sinha.

The unconventional sentence has no doubt given a new lease of life to Kumar. And with people supporting the court verdict, there is perhaps hope for many others like him as well.

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what are your thoughts on this?

keep in mind:

he was 12 when the crimes were done.

but how can a 12 year old commit such horrible acts? could he be mentally ill so they have let him go lightly?

this is crazy

he's only 17 now & i have a feeling he's not reformed. he did this hideous crime at 12. five years is not even enough punishment.

i think the kid needs a therapists.

You got to be careful at how slick some of them are. They will say that they're sorry and that they deserve to die for their crimes, but they're full of crap and they're trying to elicit sympathy from you whilst getting on your good side. The only thing they're truly sorry for is that they were caught from what I've seen.

Here in the states, juveniles that commit crimes like that can get up to life sentences. If you commit an adult crime, you most likely will be tried as an adult.

as it should be. they should just incarcerate him and let him out at age 25 only after severe rehabilitation. for all we know this kid was being manipulative. its all too easy to say you've found god just to garner public sympathy. and wow it worked.

and yeah, dont we also notify the public if a sex offender/rapists gets out of jail and moves into your neighborhood?

Yeah, have you heard of this site?

http://www.familywatchdog.us/

It lets you locate sex offenders in your area AND it tells you what their crime was. I saw several Desi uncles in my town, but thank goodness they aren't our family friends.