Three Accused Of Raping A Minor Awarded Death Sentence In UP's Bulandshahr

Bulandshahr, March 24 (TNA) Three youngsters accused of gang-raping a 17-year-old in a moving car and them killing her and then dumping her body in a canal in 2018 were awarded death sentence by a court on Wednesday.

The trio has also been fined. According to information available, the three - Dilshad, Israel and Zulfikar, residents of Sikandarabad had raped the girl on January 2, 2018.

They had then killed her and dumped her body in a canal in Dadri. The police has submitted a charge sheet against the three in the Pocso court and due to the steady and solid pieces of evidence and case put up the prosecution, additional sessions judge/Pocso Court Rajesh Parashar handed them the capital punishment. Parents of the deceased said soon after the court verdict that justice had been done.