Bahraich, Jan. 10 -- A court here convicted and awarded the death penalty to one of the three men accused of murdering a 10-year-old boy as part of a "sacrifice" nearly three years ago. The other two accused were acquitted for lack of sufficient evidence.

The court of additional district and sessions judge (IV) Sunil Prasad, which imposed a fine of Rs.1,00,000 on Anoop Verma, convicted him on Friday for brutally murdering his 10-year-old cousin by slitting his throat.

While delivering the verdict, the court observed that the convicted accused committed the murder of the child in a pre-planned and calculated manner.

Considering the seriousness, motive and manner of the offence, it concluded that the crime fell in the "rarest of rare" ca...