The horrific killing was the latest in India where sex attacks on women continue to occur on an almost daily basis.
Police have arrested four men over the attack which occurred after the 15-year-old girl stepped outside her home in Uttar Pradesh state on November 16.
Her family told police that six men dragged her back inside the house after she objected to their lewd gestures and attempts to touch her.
The men then doused her in kerosene and set her on fire as punishment.
The girl was taken to a local hospital but died of her injuries on Sunday night, a police officer said.
'Four of the six accused have been arrested. All of them belong to the same village and are of the same caste as that of the girl,' the police officer added.
India has faced intense scrutiny in the past years in the wake of a series of high-profile rapes that have unleashed a wave of public anger against its violent treatment of women.
The fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on a bus in Delhi in December 2012 sparked massive street protests and led to tougher laws for sexual offenders.
But rapes routinely continue to hit the headlines across the country. Source