UP: Man sentenced to death for raping, killing five-year-old

UP: Man sentenced to death for raping, killing five-year-old

Additional District and Sessions Court (POCSO), Special Judge Anu Saxena also imposed a fine of Rs 2.70 lakh on the convict Rambahadur Prajapati (45), government advocate (prosecutor) Kamal Singh said. A court in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday awarded a death sentence to a man for raping and killing a five-year-old girl in 2021.

Additional District and Sessions Court (POCSO), Special Judge Anu Saxena also imposed a fine of Rs 2.70 lakh on the convict Rambahadur Prajapati (45), government advocate (prosecutor) Kamal Singh said.

On April 18, 2021, Prajapati raped and strangled the minor in a village under Marka police station area, he said.