Gujarat: POCSO court docket awards 20-year jail to 18-year-old for ‘raping’ minor lady

A particular POCSO court docket in Surat on Wednesday convicted an 18-year-old man of raping a 14-year-old lady and sentenced him to twenty years strict imprisonment.
According to police, the lady went lacking on June 5, 2020, after she went to a store to buy some home goods. Her household looked for her and located that she was chatting with a youth from the identical space on cellphone. The lady’s father reached the youth’s home and located him additionally lacking, after which he lodged a police criticism.
Police stated the accused took the lady from Surat to his native place in Bhavnagar — 390 kilometres away — in a items tempo automobile and stayed at his sister’s place. A crew of Surat police reached there on June 7 and introduced the youth and the lady again.

After medical examination, it was discovered that the lady was raped on June 6, 2020. The police have arrested the accused underneath Indian Penal Code sections 363, 366, 376 (1), 376 (2)(n) and 376 (3) in addition to Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 4, 5 (l), 6.
The lady was handed over to her mother and father, whereas the accused was despatched to judicial custody.
Police have submitted a chargesheet within the case with medical proof and statements of the accused and the sufferer.
Special POCSO court docket Judge PS Kala on Wednesday convicted the 18-year-old for kidnap and rape, and ordered him to pay Rs 7 lakh to the lady.

The decide, whereas passing the order, talked about that “the incident will leave an impact on the remaining life of the minor girl… The offence of rape not only affects the body but also the soul”.
Assistant Public Prosecutor KV Revaliya stated, “We are happy with the court order, which will help prevent people commit such offences in future.”