INDIA: BIHAR MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING, MURDERING MINOR GIRL

February 22, 2021:

A court in Bihar’s Gopalganj district on 20 February 2021 sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering a nine-year-old girl in August last year.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Balendu Shukla convicted Jai Kishore Sah of raping and murdering the minor girl under the various sections of the IPC and the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1.20 lakh on the convict.
Sah committed the crimes on 25 August last year at Bakhraur village under Sidhwalia police station of the district.
The court completed the hearing and pronounced its judgement within 25 days of taking cognisance of the case.