Guwahati, Jan 31: A minor boy has been sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for raping and murdering a 6-year-old girl in Assam’s Hailakandi district. However, the 15-year-old boy will have to stay in a shelter home till the age of 18 years.

The incident happened in February 2022 and after several hearings, the special court on Monday pronounced the judgement.

Special Judge Sanjoy Hazarika on Monday (January 29), pronounced the sentence under sections 302 (murder), 201 (destroying evidence of a crime) and 363 (kidnapping) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, after hearing 29 witnesses.

According to special public prosecutor Monika Deb, the boy, who was 14 years old at the time of committing the crime, was arrested on February 13, 2022 under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and sent to shelter home. Later, police also arrested his father for trying to destroy evidence.

The boy was a neighbour of the victim. The victim had gone missing on February 9, 2022; her mutilated body was found by her family members and villagers three days later.

Special public prosecutor Monika Deb and Khalil Uddin Laskar represented the victim at the hearings, while the accused was represented by Joynul Hussain Choudhury and Hussain Ahmed Choudhury.

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