UP News: Gang rape of minor sisters in Lakhimpur Kheri, four convicted in murder case

Lucknow. A special POCSO (protection of children from sexual offences) court in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on Friday convicted four of the six accused in a case related to the murder and gang rape of two minor Dalit sisters. The sisters, aged 15 and 17, living in a village under Nighasan police station area, were abducted from their home in September last year. On September 14, 2022, he was gang-raped. After this he was murdered. After the incident, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police was constituted and a case of murder, rape, SC/ST Act and others was registered. Kheri police had caught six accused in the action that lasted overnight.

Case of accused below 16 years in Juvenile Justice Board

Special public prosecutor Brijesh Pandey said that the designated court for cases related to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO) had fixed August 14 as the date for announcing the sentence. The role of a minor accused above 16 years of age will be pronounced by the court later. Besides, the trial of the sixth accused, who is below 16 years of age, is going on separately before the Juvenile Justice Board, he added. The designated court for cases related to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO) The date of August 14 has been fixed for.

Two accused also guilty under section 201

Special public prosecutor Brijesh Pandey said the court has convicted two accused Junaid and Sunil alias Chhotu under sections 363 (abduction of minors), 376-D (gang rape of a woman below 16 years) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Convicted under sections 302 (murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 452 (house trespass after preparation for causing hurt), 201 (causing evidence relating to offense to be caused to be missing) and section 34 offense with common intention Karna was also convicted under Section 5G/6 (gang rape and aggravated sexual assault on a child) of the POCSO Act. However, the other two accused – Karimuddin and Arif – were convicted under IPC section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence relating to offence). Pandey said that the additional district judge of the special POCSO court, Rahul Singh, convicted all four.

Residents of Nighasan Kotwali area of ​​Lakhimpur Kheri were found hanging from a tree in the field of two real sisters. One of the deceased sisters was a student of Class 10 and the other of Class 7. The family members had accused the daughters of murder after the abduction. He said that both the sisters were abducted by bike-borne youths. The FIR was registered after the complaint of the family members. After the bodies of the girls were found, resentment spread among the people of the area. Along with the family members, people started protesting, seeing the delicacy of the occasion, the then ADG Law and Order Prashant Singh had sent IG Laxmi Singh to the spot at that time.