A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh has sent a child rape convict to prison sentence till death. The court found him guilty of raping six-year-old girl in UP's Hapur district.
Special judge Veena Narayan held Dalpat guilty and also slapped a fine of more than Rs two lakh on the convict.
¡°Under section 6 of the POCSO act, the accused is sentenced to life till the last breath,¡± an excerpt from judgment read, as reported by The Times of India.
The report added that the judgement was delivered in just 22 days after framing of the charges.
The six-year-old girl was abducted, raped and brutalised by Dalpat. He was arrested on August 14 from Amroha district after police launched a massive manhunt to nab him.
The rape survivor sustained severe injuries to internal organs and was left to die in the field. She was rushed to a hospital after being rescued a day later.
"On Friday (August 7) morning, the girl was finally found after she had been missing for 12 hours. She was lying unconscious and in a bloody condition in the field," a report said.