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Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Man sentenced to death for rape, murder of 11-yr-old girl
Jalpaiguri: A special Pocso court in Jalpaiguri sentenced 31-year-old Haripada Roy to death for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl, categorising it as a "rarest of rare" case. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The incident occurred on Sept 29, 2023 in Tuklimari, Gadheyarkuti GP, Dhupguri. The victim was abducted from outside her house when her father and uncle were away attending a panchayat board formation meeting. The girl's mother reported her missing around 2 pm, leading to an extensive search before a formal complaint was filed at Dhupguri police station. Roy, who was the victim's neighbour and had established a friendly relationship with her as she frequently visited his house to watch television, took the minor to his residence where he raped and strangled her to death. In an attempt to conceal his crime, he transported the body in a polythene bag on his bicycle approximately 20km away and dumped it on the banks of the Dudwa river. The victim's body was discovered on Oct 1 near Kaji Para. A postmortem examination confirmed rape and strangulation as the cause of death. Roy was arrested the following day after locals testified to seeing the girl enter his house and evidence was recovered linking him to the crime. While in police custody he confessed to the crime. Jalpaiguri special Pocso judge Rintu Sur found Roy guilty under sections 376AB, 302, and 201 of IPC, along with section 6 of the Pocso Act. In addition to the death sentence, Roy was given seven years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 5,000 for destroying evidence. The court also directed the district legal services authority to provide Rs 5 lakh compensation to the victim's family. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Assistant public prosecutor Debasis Dutta emphasised the particularly heinous nature of the crime, noting that the victim was the same age as the perpetrator's daughter. "The court found the crime a rarest of rare where the man not only raped and killed the girl but also tried to erase the evidence," Dutta said. (With agency inputs)
NDTV
2 days ago
- NDTV
Man Sentenced To Death For Rape And Murder Of Minor Girl In Bengal
Jalpaiguri: A special POCSO court here awarded death sentence to a man for the rape and murder of a minor girl in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district. Noting that the victim was of the same age as the accused's daughter, the judge observed that the crime falls under the rarest of rare category. The court sentenced convict Haripada Roy to death for the rape and murder of the girl. Jalpaiguri special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) court judge Rintu Sur also directed the district legal services authority to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to the victim's family. He was also sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 for destroying evidence. The 11-year-old girl was abducted from in front of her house by the accused before raping and murdering her on September 29, 2023, prosecution lawyer Debasish Dutta said. The lawyer said that since the panchayat board was being formed on that day, most of the villagers went there, including the victim's father and uncle. After they returned, the girl's mother told them that she had been missing since 2 pm, and when she was not found after an extensive search, the uncle lodged a missing complaint at Dhupguri police station in Jalpaiguri district. The body of the girl was found in a sack near a local river a few days later. A post mortem examination of the body revealed that she had been raped and strangulated to death, Dutta added. The accused, a neighbour, was arrested following statements by locals that the girl was seen entering his house, followed by the recovery of evidence, the prosecution lawyer said.
