AGRA, July 10 -- Delivering the verdict within 40 days of the crime, the court of the district and sessions judge in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district on Friday sentenced a man to death for killing his one-and-a-half-year-old nephew by repeatedly slamming him against the ground after the child's mother turned down his marriage proposal.

Dr Babbu Sarang, district and sessions judge, Firozabad, sentenced Viraj alias Jitendra, 24, to death and also imposed a penalty of Rs.50,000 on him. The judgment came within 40 days of the crime. Firozabad police filed a chargesheet in the case within 6 days and the testimony of 13 witnesses was completed within a week.

Aditya Langeh, senior superintendent of police (SSP), Firozabad, said on May 30, Vi...