Man given life sentence for rape, murder of 8-yr-old girl in Nuh

A 28-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping and murdering an 8-year-old girl in Nuh. He buried her body in a pit.

Published on: Jun 6, 2026, 04:20:15 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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A special fast track court sentenced a 28-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Nuh in 2024. The accused had buried the girl’s body in a three-feet deep pit dug in the field outside the village.

The court of additional district and sessions judge Ashu Sanjeev Tinjan also imposed ₹17,000 fine after convicting him under Sections 302 (punishment for murder), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence on offence) of Indian Penal Code.

Vijay Sehrawat, special public prosecutor said the incident took place at Doha in Firozpur Jhirka on February 28, 2024 when the victim was at home with her siblings and neighbourhood children.

“Her parents were away when the accused lured the minor outside the village by promising her chocolates. He then took her to a secluded place and raped her,” he added.

Sehrawat said that the accused strangled the girl when she tried to raise an alarm and fled.

Her parents filed a missing complaint at Firozpur Jhirka police station. Investigation identified a suspect from the same locality, police said.

The accused was traced and arrested on March 1, 2024. During interrogation, he confessed that he kidnapped the minor from the residence entrance, took her to a mustard field, raped and murdered her before burying the body, police said.

“The body was sent for an autopsy. There were clear signs of sexual assault on body. Samples collected for forensic analysis found the suspect’s DNA on the victim’s body,” Sehrawat added.

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Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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