Yesterday, the Special Court of Uttar Pradesh sentenced the accused to Death in the case of Rape and Murder of a Minor. The victim was 9 years old when an incident took place. The incident took place last year on August 18, 2022, when a minor girl was found dead in a village in the Modinagar area.

"The court sentenced the accused to death in the case of rape and murder of a minor. The sentence was pronounced by the Ghaziabad POCSO court. After about 6 months, the court sentenced the accused under IPC sections 302, 363 and 376," Ravi Kumar, DCP Rural, Ghaziabad, said.

"The incident took place on August 18, 2022, when a 9-year-old girl was found dead in a village in the Modinagar area. On August 13, the court convicted the accused, who hails from the same village," he said.

Earlier, on February 9, a POCSO court in Ghaziabad convicted a man of raping and killing a six-year-old girl and sentenced him to death.