Jaipur: Special Court for POCSO instances No. 1 Mahanagar I has sentenced a youth accused of raping a minor to twenty years’ imprisonment. Along with this, the courtroom has additionally imposed a wonderful 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 will have been thought of a criminal offense. The consent of a minor has no significance in regulation.
On behalf of the prosecution, Special Public Prosecutor Rajesh Sheoran informed the courtroom 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 along with her 16-year-old daughter and son. Three years in the past, the accused began dwelling along with her daughter and son as 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 title 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 many occasions. In such a state of affairs, motion ought to be taken towards the accused. Acting on the report, the police arrested the accused and offered the cost sheet within the courtroom. 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 battle 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 courtroom sentenced the accused.
