Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Assam Court Sentences Man To Death For Child’s Rape-Murder
A court in Assam sentenced Utpal Roy to death for raping and killing a four-year-old girl.
The crime happened at Krishnakali Tea Estate in September 2023.
The court said the case was among the “rarest of rare” crimes.
The prosecution said Roy lured the child with a promise of chocolate.
He was also sentenced for hiding evidence and giving false information.
He received a 20-year sentence under the child-protection law for aggravated sexual assault.
He was given another five-year sentence for concealing evidence.
All the sentences will be served at the same time, according to the court.
A Bilasipara court sentenced Utpal Roy to death for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl.
Special Judge Rana Dutta described the crime as the “rarest of rare.”
The child was assaulted and killed at Krishnakali Tea Estate in Dhubri district on September 4, 2023.
Roy also received sentences for destroying evidence and aggravated penetrative sexual assault under the POCSO Act.
The court ordered all sentences to run concurrently; police filed the chargesheet in March 2024.
- Who
- Utpal Roy was sentenced by Bilasipara Additional and District Court Special Judge Rana Dutta.
- What
- Roy was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl, along with additional statutory sentences and fines.
- When
- The crime occurred on September 4, 2023; the sentence was delivered on a Monday, after more than three years of legal proceedings according to the article.
- Where
- The crime occurred at Krishnakali Tea Estate in Dhubri district, Assam.
- Why
- The court classified the crime as the “rarest of rare” and convicted Roy of the offenses described in the case.
- Convict
- Utpal Roy
- Victim
- A four-year-old girl
- Incident date
- September 4, 2023
- Location
- Krishnakali Tea Estate, Dhubri district, Assam
- Death sentence
- Imposed for murder
- Additional sentences
- 20 years for aggravated penetrative sexual assault and five years for causing disappearance of evidence and giving false information
- Chargesheet
- Filed by police in March 2024