Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Hoshiarpur Court Sentences Uttar Pradesh Labourer to Death
A court in Hoshiarpur sentenced a man to death for a serious crime against a five-year-old boy.
The man is Nanke Yadav, a 33-year-old labourer from Uttar Pradesh.
The court said he sexually assaulted and killed the child in September last year.
The judge called the case one of the “rarest of rare.”
The death sentence was given under a section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The court also gave him several other prison sentences under Indian criminal law and the POCSO Act.
These prison sentences will be served at the same time.
The court also ordered a fine of Rs 5,000 under each section.
A fast-track special court in Hoshiarpur sentenced 33-year-old Nanke Yadav to death.
Yadav was convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering a five-year-old boy in September last year.
Additional Sessions Judge Manpreet Kaur called the case one of the “rarest of rare.”
The death sentence was issued under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Additional prison terms under the BNS and POCSO Act will run concurrently, with fines imposed under each section.
- Who
- A Hoshiarpur court sentenced Nanke Yadav, a 33-year-old labourer from Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh, for the sexual assault and murder of a five-year-old boy.
- What
- Yadav was sentenced to death and given additional concurrent prison terms under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the POCSO Act.
- When
- The sentence was delivered on Friday; the assault and murder occurred in September last year.
- Where
- The case was heard by a fast-track special court in Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
- Why
- The judge described the case as one of the “rarest of rare” because it involved the sexual assault and murder of a five-year-old child.
- Accused
- Nanke Yadav alias Radhe Sham, 33
- Origin
- Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh
- Victim
- A five-year-old boy
- Court
- Fast-track special court, Hoshiarpur
- Death sentence
- Issued under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Additional sentences
- 10 years under BNS Section 140(1), seven years under BNS Section 238, 20 years under POCSO Section 6, and five years under POCSO Section 10
- Fines
- Rs 5,000 under each section; sentences will run concurrently