Man gets 20-yr RI for raping 6-year-old girl
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Cuttack: A special Pocso court in Cuttack on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old man to rigorous imprisonment for 20 years for raping a 6-year-old girl last year.
"No lenience can be shown to the convict, who has committed the offence under
Pocso Act
when the same is proved by adequate evidence," presiding Judge Himansu Sekhar Singh observed while pronouncing the sentence.
The judge also imposed fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict while recommending the district legal services authority to provide a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the survivor, considering her age at the time of the crime.
"The copy of the judgment be forwarded to the secretary, DLSA, Cuttack for information and necessary action," the judge ordered.
According to the trial court order, the incident was reported in a police station by the father of the survivor on Nov 20, 2024.
He alleged that on the previous day, the accused, a tractor driver, had raped his daughter after giving her chocolate when he and his wife were away working at a nearby brick kiln.
The trial court ruled the "prosecution is found to have established beyond reasonable doubt" that the girl was less than 12 years at the time of occurrence of the crime and charged him under sections 63 and 65(2) of BNS and under sections of Pocso Act.
"Nothing could be brought out from the material witnesses to support the defence claim of false implication. The decision relied on by the defence counsel is found to be not helpful in the present facts and circumstances of the case," the court observed.
Special public prosecutor Biswajit Ray led the prosecution, while advocate S R Mallick represented the convict.
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