INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING FIVE-YEAR-OLD

A court in Uttar Pradesh on 11 January 2023 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 18 April 2021, Prajapati raped and strangled the minor in a village under Marka police station area, he said.