Ajmer : In the case of kidnapping and raping a minor woman, the accused has been sentenced to twenty years of rigorous imprisonment by POCSO Court No. 2 of Ajmer together with a advantageous of Rs 31,000. Special Public Prosecutor Vikram Singh Shekhawat stated that on April 11, 2023, the sufferer’s household had lodged a lacking grievance of a 15-year-old minor on the Ganj police station. When the police investigated, it was revealed {that a} younger man residing within the neighborhood had kidnapped her and brought her with him. At the identical time, in the course of the incident, the sufferer was going to take an examination in class, when the accused kidnapped her.
While investigating the case, the police recovered the sufferer from Jaipur on April 14, 2023. After that, the police recorded the assertion of the sufferer beneath Section 161 and 164 within the court docket and bought her medical examination carried out. The police additionally bought FSL and DNA assessments carried out within the case, the report of which got here constructive. The particular public prosecutor stated that the accused was arrested by the police on April 17, 2023 within the case. Along with this, the sections of POCSO and rape have been added to the case and a challan was offered within the court docket towards the accused.
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FSL and DNA report grew to become the premise of punishment: Special Public Prosecutor Shekhawat stated that 14 witnesses and 32 paperwork have been offered by the prosecution within the case. He stated that the premise for sentencing the accused within the court docket was the FSL and DNA stories. On this foundation, the court docket sentenced the accused to twenty years of rigorous imprisonment and a advantageous of Rs 31,000.
The particular public prosecutor stated that whereas sentencing the accused, the judicial Justice of the Peace wrote in his comment that within the current context, in an effort to stop the rising variety of such felony acts towards minor ladies and crimes of the stated nature, conserving in view the intent of the POCSO Act and the character of the accused, it’s justified to punish the accused for the alleged crime.
