Agra man sentenced to twenty years jail for raping his minor niece

A particular courtroom (Pocso) in Agra sentenced a 25-year-old man to twenty years in jail for raping his seven-year-old niece in January 2022. The courtroom relied upon testimonies of the survivor and the physician who carried out the medical examination, TOI reported. Particular prosecution officer Madhav Sharma stated the minor woman was alone at her dwelling when the paternal uncle sexually assaulted her.
The woman's mom knowledgeable in regards to the rape to her husband and mother-in-law as soon as she came upon in regards to the assault. Nonetheless, as an alternative of approaching the police, they locked the survivor and her mom in a room and beat them as much as silence them.
The survivor's mom managed to succeed in the police station after 40 days of the incident and filed a criticism, following which a case was registered underneath IPC sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily inflicting harm), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (prison intimidation), 342 (wrongful confinement) and the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

After gathering all proof, witnesses and the survivor's assertion, particular choose Shiv Kumar discovered the woman's uncle responsible of rape, and sentenced him to twenty years in jail and imposed a high quality of Rs 50,000 on the convict.

The woman's father and grandmother have been additionally booked however their circumstances have been separated after they approached the excessive courtroom and appealed towards charging them underneath Pocso Act. The trial of their different case is on in the identical courtroom, stated Sharma.