Man Sentenced To Life In 2017 Rape, Murder Case Of Student In Shimla

On July 4, 2017, the Class 10 student in Shimla's Kotkhai left her school but never reached home

A man accused of rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in Shimla in July 2017 has been found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI court in Himachal Pradesh's capital. Anil Kumar, a woodcutter, was found guilty under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. On July 4, 2017, the Class 10 student in Shimla's Kotkhai left her school but never reached home. Two days later, her body was found in a ditch in a nearby forest, with her clothes, an empty liquor bottle and some other items scattered around her. The autopsy indicated she was raped and died due to strangulation.