A fast track court here has awarded life imprisonment to a youth for abduction and murder of a 7-year-old girl.
Judge Rajesh Bhardwaj also imposed a fine of Rs 3,000 on Pinki (27) yesterday for abduction and murder of Annu at Sonta village in the district on January 22, 2008.
The court held him guilty under sections 363 (Punishment for kidnapping), 302 (Punishment for murder) and 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender).
According to government lawyer Sitaram Arye, the girl's body was recovered from the fields, nine days after she was abducted.
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