Juvenile gets 20-yrs jail for rape, murder of 6-yr-old

The additional session judge of children court in Hisar on Wednesday sentenced a juvenile to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping and killing a six-year-old girl in December last year.

The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 80,000 on the convict.

A speedy trial of the case was ensured after submitting challan in the court in a very short span of time. The incident took place on December 8, 2017, when the juvenile kidnapped the girl, a resident of Uklana in Hisar district, from near her house. The accused took the girl to a secluded place, raped and then murdered her.

The victim’s body was found the next day from near her house. After registering an FIR against the accused under various sections of the IPC and provisions of the POCSO Act, police had arrested the juvenile a week later.

A Special Investigation Team headed by the then SP Hisar, Manisha Choudhary, for investigation was constituted. The Haryana Police had also conducted narco-analysis test, polygraph and brain mapping test of accused.