VARANASI, Oct. 7 -- A Ghazipur court sentenced a man to death charged with sodomising and strangling an eight-year-old boy, on Tuesday. The incident had taken place in February 2024.

The court of additional district judge (POCSO) Ram Avtar Prasad convicted the accused, Sanjay Nat, and sentenced him to death. He also imposed a fine of Rs.1.5 lakh, ordering that 50% of the fine be given to the plaintiff.

A resident of a village under the Gahmar police station, filed a complaint stating that his eight-year-old son had gone to watch a football match in the village at 3 pm on February 19, 2024, and did not return home. After searching for the boy throughout the night, a missing person's report was filed.

The next day, Simran, a resident of ...