28-year-old man sentenced to death for raping and murdering 5-year-old in Ludhiana

Ludhiana: A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to death by a Ludhiana district court for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl. The verdict was pronounced by Additional Sessions Judge Amarjit Singh under the fast track court of POCSO. During the verdict, they convicted Sonu, a resident of Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh, and sentenced him to death.

In fact, this case is from the year 2023. The accused, Sonu, was accused of taking the girl with him and after that the girl was not known.

The family has lodged a complaint at Daba police station when someone of the girl was found with a clue. Speaking about the verdict, advocate Rajesh Mehra said, “A man named Sonu Singh took away the 5-year-old girl on the pretext of giving her chocolates. He took the girl to a relative’s room and first raped her and then killed her. ”

“The court has awarded the death sentence and imposed a fine of Rs 5.5 lakh on it,” he said. The accused knew the girl’s family as one of his relatives.