Dharamshala, June 6 -- A man, convicted in murder of a schoolgirl, has been sentenced life imprisonment by a special court in Una.

The sentence in 2022 case was announced by court of special judge Naresh Kumar under section Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

The accused, Asif Mohammad, was facing trial for offences punishable under Sections 302, 452, 354 and 201 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 8 of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

On April 5, 2022, the convict broke into the victim's home in Una's Amb and killed her.

According to the court order, the victim's mother, who was posted as a lecturer at a government school, told the police on April 5, 2022, that she had left home with her husband in the ...