BAHRAICH, July 23 -- Additional sessions court/special Pocso court in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district on Thursday sentenced a 21-year-old man to death for the sexual assault and murder of a seven-year-old boy in May this year.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs.100,000 on the accused Mukesh Nishad and ordered that 50% of the fine amount be paid as compensation to the victim's father.

Pronouncing the judgment, additional sessions judge Aravind Kumar Gautam said the crime fell under the "rarest of the rare" category. Special district government counsel (Pocso) Sant Pratap Singh said the accused was convicted within one month and 14 working days.

Singh said one Lakshman Nishad of Dayalpurwa, Kaiserganj, Bahraich, had filed a complaint ...