India News | .MUZAFFARNAGAR/DEHRADUN LGD41 UP-COURT-MAN-SENTENCE Man Gets 20-year Jail Term for Raping 8-year-old Girl
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A special POCSO court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years in jail for raping an eight-year-old girl here.
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Aug 23 (PTI) A special POCSO court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years in jail for raping an eight-year-old girl here.
Special judge Baburam also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on convict Amit after holding him guilty under section 376 (punishment for sexual assault) of the Indian Penal Code and section 3/4 of the The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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The court directed that the half of the fine amount should be paid to the victim.
According to district government council Rajive Sharma, the man took the girl to a sugarcane field on the pretext of giving some goods and raped her there.
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Hearing her cries, some villagers rushed to the spot and tried to nab the accused but he fled, he said.
The incident took place in March 28, 2015, Sharma said.
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