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UP Man Gets Death Penalty for 4-Year-Old's Rape-Murder
Hindustan Times Amritsar
|March 28, 2025
Court also imposed a fine of ₹5.5 lakh on accused and ordered compensation of ₹10 lakh to victim's family
LUDHIANA: The court additional session judge (fast track special court under POCSO Act), Ludhiana, has awarded the death penalty to a 28-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh for the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl.
Additional session judge Amar Jeet Singh found the accused, Sonu Singh, guilty of committing the crime.
The court has sentenced the accused to death under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The court has also imposed a fine of ₹5.5 lakh on the accused and ordered compensation of ₹10 lakh to the victim's family.
This story is from the March 28, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Amritsar.
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