3 persons get life imprisonment for 7-yr-old girl's rape-murder in Chhattisgarh
Baloda Bazar (PTI): A fast track court in Chhattisgarh's Baloda Bazar district has sentenced a man, his mother and another person to life imprisonment in connection with a case of rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl in 2021.
The man accused of raping the girl was 17 years' old at the time of the incident.
Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Special Court (POCSO), Prashant Parashar passed the order on January 29 and a copy of it was made available on Wednesday.
The judge convicted the three persons under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, public prosecutor Sameer Agrawal said.
According to the prosecution, the victim, resident of a village under Baloda Bazar City Kotwali police station area, was playing at the house of her neighbour on May 25, 2021 when the accused man, then a juvenile, took her along with him and raped her, he said.
The accused, with help of his mother, strangled the girl to death and dumped the body in a well with the support of another accused person, he said.
Next day, the girl's body was recovered following which the police registered a case and launched a probe into it, he said.
After an investigation, the three persons were arrested and booked under IPC sections 302 (murder), 376 (rape) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence), as well as provisions of the POCSO Act and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the prosecutor said.
The police filed a charge sheet in the case on September 1, 2021 and statements of 29 witnesses were recorded, he said.
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12-year-old boy sexually assaulted by two classmates, class 10 student in Faridabad
Faridabad (PTI): A student of class 8 here was allegedly sexually assaulted for several days by two of his classmates and a student of class 10, police said on Saturday.
Based on a complaint of the victim's father, police have registered a case against the three juveniles under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Saran Police Station.
According to police, the 12-year-old boy, studying in a government school, was leaving the premises to go home when he was lured by two of his classmates and another student of class 10 to the school bathroom, where they sexually assaulted him.
Following this, the accused students allegedly assaulted him for several days.
The boy's father noticed changes in his son's behaviour and asked him about it. He narrated his ordeal to the father who then approached the police.
Two of the accused students live in the same village as the victim, police said.
A senior police officer said, "We have initiated the necessary legal procedures. Counselling is being provided to the victim, and the entire matter is being investigated seriously. Further action will be taken based on the investigation."
