Jaipur: Special Court for POCSO circumstances No. 1 Mahanagar I has sentenced a youth accused of raping a minor to twenty years’ imprisonment. Along with this, the court docket has additionally imposed a fantastic of forty thousand rupees on the accused. Presiding Officer Meena Awasthi mentioned in her order that the accused had forcibly raped the sufferer, even when the sufferer had consented to it, it might have been thought of against the law. The consent of a minor has no significance in regulation.
On behalf of the prosecution, Special Public Prosecutor Rajesh Sheoran instructed the court docket that the sufferer’s mom had given a report within the case at Pratap Nagar police station on July 25, 2021. The report mentioned that she lives in a rented home together with her 16-year-old daughter and son. Three years in the past, the accused began dwelling together with her daughter and son by turning into their brother in regulation. During this era, the accused would typically assist his son financially. During this time, the accused used to speak obscenely to her daughter on the cellphone, about which she was not conscious. At the identical time, on June 27, his son was jailed in an assault case.
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On this, the accused took the sufferer with him on June 7 within the identify of assist. The accused took the sufferer to a flat, made her drink intoxicating water and raped her whereas she was unconscious. Even after this, the accused tried to do mistaken issues to her a number of instances. In such a state of affairs, motion must be taken in opposition to the accused. Acting on the report, the police arrested the accused and introduced the cost sheet within the court docket. During the listening to, it was mentioned on behalf of the accused that the report within the case was filed after a number of days. Apart from this, he had lent cash to the sufferer’s brother-in-law. When he requested to return the mortgage, a combat broke out between the 2 events and a report was lodged to implicate him within the case. After listening to the arguments of each the perimeters, the court docket has sentenced the accused.
