Mumbai: 48 Year-Old Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment by POCSO Court For Raping Minor

Mumbai, January 5: A 48-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment by a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court for brutally raping a seven-year-old girl in his neighbourhood in 2014 in Mumbai. The convict was also asked to pay Rs 50,000 compensation. The 48-year-old man is a scrap dealer. After sexually assaulting the minor, he left the child severely injured and bleeding due to which she had to undergo surgery. The court refused to grant mercy on the convict and called him remorseless.

The incident took place on August 16, 2014, when the girl’s parents went away to work, and she was alone at home. Grandmother of the rape survivor lived in the neighbouring street. According to a report published in The Times of India, the victim deposed in court and said that she was alone at home when the convict came to her house, and physically assaulted her before committing the crime. The convict fled from the spot after the victim’s brother came, who informed the grandmother seeing her bleeding. Her grandmother informed the police about the incident.

Last month, A 19-year-old boy was sentenced to death by a Rewari court in Haryana for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in June last year. Additional sessions Judge Naresh Kumar while pronouncing the verdict termed the crime as "rarest of rare" and said that it was no less than Nirbhaya rape case of 2012.  The incident took place on June 9, when the girl was alone at her rented room in Bawal Township of the district.

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