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Time of India
2 hours ago
- Time of India
Gujarat Pocso court cites lavish legal submissions to justify Rs 7 lakh fine on convict
Ahmedabad: The choice of presenting written arguments in colourful, spiral-bound pages ended up costing Sanjay Rana dearly. Last week, a special Pocso court sentenced the 35-year-old to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 7 lakh, citing his "fanciful" legal submissions as an indicator of his financial capacity. Rana, a resident of Bapunagar, was convicted of making a five-year-old girl from his neighbourhood perform oral sex. He was found guilty under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act for penetrative sexual assault. Special judge A B Bhatt, while deciding on the fine amount, emphasised that the penalty should help cover the victim's medical expenses and rehabilitation. The court noted the girl came from an underprivileged background and highlighted that there was no evidence about Rana's financial hardship. The judgment reads, "It is not the defence of the accused that he is having poor background or he is having economical scarcity. Moreover, looking to the written argument advanced by the learned advocate for the accused, which is spiral binding, colour print page which runs into 125 pages, it appears that accused is capable of bearing cost of fanciful written arguments and therefore, the whole amount of compensation to the victim, just for the rehabilitation is just and proper to imposed as fine under Section 6 of the Pocso Act ." You Can Also Check: Ahmedabad AQI | Weather in Ahmedabad | Bank Holidays in Ahmedabad | Public Holidays in Ahmedabad The Rs 7 lakh fine imposed on Rana has been designated entirely as compensation for the victim. The court awarded the amount under the Gujarat State Victim Compensation Scheme, which provides a maximum limit of Rs 7 lakh in such cases. The judgment illustrates how seemingly minor courtroom choices can have significant legal and financial consequences for an accused.
Time of India
3 hours ago
- Time of India
Two sentenced to 10 years' jail each in separate Pocso cases
Aurangabad: A special Pocso court in Aurangabad district on Wednesday awarded 10 years of rigorous imprisonment each and fines to two convicts in separate cases of sexual assaults on children under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Act concerned. The court of special Pocso judge Laxmikant Mishra convicted Chandan Kumar and Sudhir Kumar on July 28. Chandan was sentenced to one year of imprisonment and fined Rs 1,000 under IPC Section 323, and another one year and Rs 1,000 fine under Section 342. In addition, he received 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and Rs 30,000 fine under IPC Section 376 and Section 4 of the Pocso Act. All sentences will run concurrently. In case of non-payment of fines, he will undergo an additional imprisonment of three months. Special public prosecutor Shiv Lal Mehta said that the FIR in the case was lodged on Sept 9, 2023, and charges were framed on April 4, 2024. The convict has already spent eight months and 23 days in judicial custody. In another case, Sudhir was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and fined Rs 20,000 under IPC Section 363, and 10-years' imprisonment with Rs 30,000 fine under Section 376 and Section 4 of the Pocso Act. These sentences will also run concurrently. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Villas in Dubai | Search Ads Get Info Undo Failure to pay the fines will lead to an additional three months' imprisonment. According to advocate Satish Kumar Snehi, the FIR in the case was registered on Sept 26, 2021, and charges were framed on Nov 22, 2023. He has already served one year, nine months and four days in jail. In both the cases, the court has directed the District Legal Services Authority, Aurangabad, to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to each survivor.
Time of India
5 hours ago
- Time of India
Navi Mumbai shocker: Teacher held for sexual harassment of class 10 boy via video calls, text messages
Representative Image (AI) NAVI MUMBAI: A 35-year-old woman teacher of a private school was arrested Tuesday for sexual harassment of a Class 10 boy for a year by making video calls to him and stripping during the calls, besides sending sexual messages. It follows a case in Mumbai, where a woman teacher was arrested for having sex with a student for over a year. The crime came to light after the 15-year-old boy's mother noticed him looking at the phone through the night and checked his mobile only to find recordings of the teacher's video calls. An FIR was filed under the Pocso Act based on a complaint from the boy's mother Monday. A court remanded her in police custody till Wednesday. Police confiscated her phone to check her social media account. "It was found she had been indulging in similar obscene acts with 2 other students for a year. However, their parents are unwilling to lodge a complaint," a police officer said. The accused, who teaches classes 5-7, used to take extra classes for SSC students and allegedly got in touch with the boys on Instagram. (The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect his/her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
New Indian Express
11 hours ago
- New Indian Express
Sex assault: Scars inflicted by girl land CRPF man in net
CHENNAI: A 13-year-old girl in Avadi, trained in karate, has helped police trace a CRPF constable with the scratch marks she had inflicted on his face while breaking free from his clutches during a sexual assault attempt. According to the Avadi police, the Class 8 student was walking home after a karate class at a CRPF jawan's residence when she was followed by the accused, Suresh Kumar, 42, a CRPF constable. He allegedly molested her in a dark, isolated area, the police said. Though she couldn't see his face clearly, she went and chased him, struck him, and scratched his face before walking away. The girl informed her parents and the next day the matter was reported to senior CRPF officials. When no action was taken, they filed a complaint at the Avadi All Women Police Station. The girl told police about the facial injury she had inflicted, which became a crucial clue, the police added. Police identified Kumar with the scratch marks on his face and booked him under Pocso Act. He was arrested from the CRPF campus and remanded in judicial custody on Monday. In another case, at New Washermanpet, a Deepak Kumar (37), from Bihar, who was working in a bakery, was arrested for entering his neighbour's house in New Washermenpet and assaulting her while she was asleep on Sunday. He lived in the upper floor of the same building as the victim, and fled after she raised an alarm. He was arrested and sent to judicial remand.
Time of India
19 hours ago
- Time of India
Man gets 20 years' jail for raping girl in 2017
Noida: The additional sessions cum special Pocso court on Monday sentenced a Jewar man to 20 years' imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 for raping a seven-year-old girl in 2017. The convict was found guilty under Section 5 (m)/6 of the Pocso Act. The incident occurred on May 21, 2017, and the girl's father registered a complaint on the same day. Appearing before the court, the girl's father, prosecution witness 1 (PW1), said that a co-villager took his daughter to Bitoura (a closed place made of cow dung cakes) on his agricultural field and raped her. His nephew caught the act and raised an alarm, after which the accused fled. The prosecution presented eight witnesses. The court noted that the girl corroborated the prosecution's narrative thoroughly, wherein clarified the events that occurred before the act. You Can Also Check: Noida AQI | Weather in Noida | Bank Holidays in Noida | Public Holidays in Noida "She stated that when she went to answer nature's call for defecation, the accused scolded her and thereafter asked her to clean the stool and committed this act with the girl inside 'Bitaura'," the judge noted. An eyewitness, a co-villager and distant cousin of the girl, revealed that when he was looking for the girl, he saw the accused assaulting the girl, and when he raised an alarm, the accused threw a sickle and injured him. Special public prosecutor Jai Prakash Bhati sought the strictest punishment for the convict. Defence counsel Sanjay Singh argued that there was rivalry between the complainant side and the accused side, and so a false case was registered. He also argued that the medical examination did not prove rape. Special Pocso judge Vikas Nagar said that in the opinion of this court, the attempt of the defence is not sufficient to disprove the version established by a minor of age below 12 years. "This is worth mentioning that rivalry is a double-edged sword, which may create a defence for the accused and may also create a ground in favour of the prosecution to establish that because of rivalry such offences were committed," the judge noted. He further said that in the offence of rape, corroboration of oral evidence by the medical evidence is not mandatory, as held by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Radhu Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh, 2007 CrLJ 4704.
