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Kolkata:<\/strong> The Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the life sentence given to a man by a trial court in Bankura district for the murder of a girl who resisted his sexual advances seven years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rejecting an appeal by Partha Mondal, a division bench comprising justices Joymalya Bagchi and Suvra Ghosh upheld his conviction and sentence by the Bankura district and sessions court for stabbing the 17-year-old girl to death at Sonamukhi in July, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The girl, who was to appear for her higher secondary examination in 2013, was going for private tuition along with her 12-year-old cousin around 6 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The girl was accosted by Mondal on the way and was taken to a nearby field, where he tried to sexually assault her, prosecution counsel Sanjay Bardhan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mondal attacked her with a knife when she resisted his sexual advances and stabbed her in the neck and hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her brother ran back to their house and called her parents, who took her to a hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The girl later died at the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The police arrested Mondal who was convicted by the trial court in 2015 for murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 12-year-old boy was the main witness in the case and gave consistent account of the incident, which were corroborated by other witnesses and evidence, Bardhan told the high court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Opposing the appeal, Bardhan said the fact that Mondal was carrying a knife which was used to stab the girl, indicated that it was a premeditated murder.<\/p>\n