Gurugram: A particular court docket in Nuh sentenced a 35-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment until the top of his pure life for kidnapping, raping and murdering his neighbour’s three-and-a-half-year-old daughter in November 2024.
The fast-track court docket of further classes decide Ashu Sanjeev Tinjan additionally imposed a tremendous of ₹1.3 lakh on the convict on Wednesday.
The court docket discovered him responsible below sections 103(1) (homicide), 137(2) (kidnapping), 65(2) (rape on lady below 12 years of age), 238 (inflicting disappearance of proof) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and part 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences Act.
The convict lured the sufferer with candies whereas she was enjoying outdoors her residence on the night of November 30, 2024.
After she went lacking, her household started trying to find her and located the physique on a boulder 20-30 ft under a cliff in Aravalli space, not less than 6-km away from their village which falls below Pinangwa police station jurisdiction.
Police mentioned the convict threw the physique off the cliff to cowl up his crime and even joined the search operation with the household and villagers.
Particular public prosecutor, Nuh, Vijay Sehrawat mentioned the convict was arrested close to Marora village alongside Delhi-Mumbai expressway whereas attempting to flee after the physique was recovered.
“Forensic examination of his garments discovered blood stains, and DNA sampling confirmed that the stains belonged to the deceased, proving to be a key proof within the case,” he mentioned.
Sehrawat mentioned the accused strangled the lady after which smashed her head with a stone earlier than throwing the physique off the cliff.
“Prosecution had urged the court docket to deal with the case as rarest of uncommon whereas praying for capital punishment for the accused. Nonetheless, court docket sentenced him to rigorous life imprisonment until his loss of life,” the prosecutor mentioned, including the convict was married and had three kids.
Police filed chargesheet towards the accused on December 11, 2024 and the trial began by December 19. On October 31, 2025, the prosecution concluded arguments and examination of twenty-two witnesses, following which the protection counsel had repeatedly sought adjournments on numerous grounds. Nonetheless, the court docket refused to grant additional listening to dates and pronounced him responsible on April 18.
