In the rape and murder of 2022 murder case of two Dalit sisters in Lakhimpur Kheri, the POCSO court announced the quantum of punishment for all for convicts
They bought alcohol and cigarettes to lure the vulnerable children. The accused working as taxi drivers or food delivery drivers would target the victims by offering them a lift, buying them fast food, and topping up their mobile phones to eventually make them believe that they were 'lovers'. Studies call this "the boyfriend method" or "the loverboy model", better known as love jihad or grooming jihad in India.
The victim was watching games at a Muharram procession. Soon after, she was taken to a jute field by accused Ashfaq and Mumtaz where the two gangraped her.