Thane (Maharashtra): A Juvenile Justice Board in Thane has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on a teenaged boy convicted in a case of rape and murder of his five-year-old cousin and also ordered him to do community service.
Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board (Bhiwandi), HY Kawale pronounced the 13-year-old boy guilty on Thursday under IPC Sections 302 (murder), 376 (rape) and 364 (kidnapping in order to murder), and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The minor girl went missing from Saravali village in Bhiwandi town on October 28 last year, the police said.
Her parents launched a search and the body was found the next day near a civic water pipeline close to the village.