Archive · 15 Sep 2026
Assam Court Sentences Utpal Roy to Death in Child-Rape Murder
An Assam court sentenced a man to death for killing a four-year-old girl.
The court said he had raped and murdered her in 2023.
The incident happened at a tea garden in Dhubri district.
The girl had gone missing from her home inside the tea garden.
Police later found her body and arrested the accused.
The judge called the crime “rarest of rare.”
The man also received life imprisonment for rape and other punishments.
The court imposed fines, and the different sentences will be served at the same time.
Bilasipara Additional and District Court sentenced Utpal Roy to death for raping and killing a four-year-old girl.
The crime occurred on September 4, 2023, at Krishnakali Tea Estate in Assam’s Dhubri district.
The court classified the case as “rarest of rare” and imposed capital punishment for murder.
Roy also received life imprisonment for rape and additional terms for related offences, with all sentences running concurrently.
The police filed a chargesheet in March 2024; reports spell the convict’s surname as both Roy and Ray.
- Who
- Utpal Roy, also spelled Utpal Ray in one report, was convicted in the case by Special Judge Rana Dutta.
- What
- The Bilasipara Additional and District Court sentenced him to death for murder, along with life imprisonment for rape and additional sentences and fines for related offences.
- When
- The crime occurred on September 4, 2023; the chargesheet was filed in March 2024, and the sentence was delivered on Monday.
- Where
- The incident occurred at Krishnakali Tea Estate under Chapar Police Station limits in Assam’s Dhubri district.
- Why
- The judge classified the crime as “rarest of rare” because it involved the rape and murder of a four-year-old child.
- Convict
- Utpal Roy; one report spells the surname as Utpal Ray
- Victim
- A four-year-old girl
- Incident date
- September 4, 2023
- Location
- Krishnakali Tea Estate, Dhubri district, Assam
- Murder sentence
- Death penalty
- Rape sentence
- Life imprisonment, defined in the report as imprisonment for the remainder of natural life
- Additional sentences
- Five years for causing disappearance of evidence and giving false information, and 20 years for aggravated penetrative sexual assault
- Fines and concurrency
- Fines of Rs 10,000, Rs 10,000, Rs 4,000 and Rs 50,000 were imposed; all sentences run concurrently
