Agra, Oct. 17 -- The Court of Special Judge (POCSO Act), Agra, on Thursday, awarded death sentence to two accused for the kidnapping, gangrape and murder of a five-and-a-half-year-old minor girl last year. The Judge Sonika Chaudhary pronounced the judgement in a matter for which a case was registered on March 19, 2024, at Bah police station of Agra.

The co-accused, namely Amit from village Farera and Nikhil from village Holipura, both within the limits of Bah police station of Agra, were booked under section 363/34 (kidnapping by group), 364A/34 (kidnapping placing danger of death), 377/34 (carnal intercourse against the order of nature), 376DB (gangrape with a woman under 12 years of age), 302/34 (murder by several persons), 201/34 (cau...