A court in Bihar’s Rohtas district gave death sentence to a man held guilty of rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl.
Additional District and Sessions Judge, Rohtas, Neeraj Bihari Lal, who passed the order on Friday, also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict, Baliram Singh.
The incident took place on November 14 last year at a village in the Dalmianagar police station area.
It also directed the district administration to pay an ex-gratia of Rs 8 lakh to family members of the deceased under the Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/Other Crimes.
News credit PTI
