Death sentence for murder of minor boy

A local court here today awarded capital punishment to a man for kidnapping, sodomy and murder of a minor in 2012.
Additional District and Sessions Judge (V) Jyoti Swarup Srivastava convicted and awarded capital punishment to Manish Mandal alias Nepali Mandal under various sections of IPC i.E. 302 (for murder), 377 (for unnatural sex) and 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder).
It also slapped a fine of Rs 5000 to the convict on two counts under section 377 and 364 of IPC.
Three persons Manish Mandal alias Nepali Mandal, Amit Jha and Manoj Kumar had kidnapped a minor boy (10 years) from Keshopur locality under Jamalpur police station of Munger district in 2012 and had demanded ransom from the family, Additional Public Prosecutor Sushil Kumar Sinha said.

But when their demand for ransom was not met, they had unnatural sex before killing the minor, Kumar said adding that two accused persons in the case Amit Jha and Manoj Kumar have been absconding since the incident.