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Tag: Crime Against Minors

  • Bengal man sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for raping minor

    By PTI
    SURI: A court in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment in the 2019 rape case of a seven-year-old girl.

    Additional district and sessions judge Sujay Sengupta convicted Jagan Mardy under various sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

    The court also ordered the state government to pay Rs 2 lakh to the victim as compensation.

    Mardy had lured the girl, his neighbour in their village near Bolpur town of the district, on some pretext, took her to a secluded place and raped her on April 4, 2019.

    The class 2 student was critically injured and had to be treated for a long time in hospitals in Birbhum and Purba Bardhaman districts.

    Altogether 16 people were examined as witnesses in the case.

    The girls mother said she is happy with the judgment.

  • Two held for gang rape of minor in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambi

    By PTI
    KAUSHAMBI: Two men were arrested here on Sunday in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a girl, police said.

    Additional Superintendent of Police Samar Bahadur Singh said the incident took place on March 25, when the girl, aged around 15, had gone to collect fodder for animals.

    The girl lodged a police complaint on Saturday, the additional SP said, adding she was sent for medical examination.

    The accused were arrested on Sunday and sent to jail, Singh said.

  • Man arrested for attempt to rape teenage girl in Uttar Pradesh

    By PTI
    BANDA: A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to rape a 14-year-old girl in Banda district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

    The 22-year-old man dragged the girl and tried to rape her on Monday when she was grazing goat in a forest area, Dehat police station SHO Pradeep Kumar Yadav said.

    He said that the accused has been arrested and booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and other relevant sections of IPC.

    The girl has been sent for medical examination.

  • Rajasthan man kills self after strangling four minor sons to death

    By PTI
    JAIPUR: An alcohol addict allegedly hanged himself to death after killing his four minor sons at his home in Banswara district of Rajasthan, police said on Wednesday.

    A resident of Dunglapani village under Kushalgarh police station area of the district, Babu allegedly first strangled his sons Rakesh, Bhagiya, Vikram and Ganesh, all aged between two and eight years, and then hanged himself to death, police said.

    The matter came to light on Wednesday morning.

    Primary investigations revealed that the man was a liquor addict and had a dispute with his wife a few days ago following which she had gone to her parents’ house.

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  • Four arrested for raping, holding minor captive in Lucknow

    By PTI
    LUCKNOW: A 15 year-old-girl was allegedly held captive for 13 months, raped and forced into prostitution in the state capital, police said.

    Four people including a Nepalese national, who is the main accused and works as a school guard, were arrested on Thursday by the Mahanagar police after the girl escaped from captivity and was found to be five months pregnant.

    The main accused, Upreta Kumar, used to take her to different people on the pretext of getting her a job as a house helper and had been raping her for the past 13 months, police said.

    He also used to hand her over to other people for money, police said, adding that she used to be held captive in a room for 15 days, raped and many times was not given anything to eat.

    The girl managed to escape recently and reached home.

    She was found to be five months pregnant when her mother took her to a doctor after she fell ill, police said, adding that a complaint in this regard was lodged with the Mahanagar police on Wednesday.

    Besides the school guard, the others arrested have been identified as Jitu Kashyap, Varun Tiwari and Ajay Kumar, police said, adding a case under the POCSO Act has been lodged against all of them.

    Investigations are on to identify others involved in the crime, police added.

  • Uttar Pradesh court sentences man to life imprisonment for raping 6-year-old girl

    By PTI
    BANDA: A court in this Uttar Pradesh district has sentenced a 24-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a six-year-old girl.

    Additional District Government Counsel Ramsuphal Singh on Sunday said the court of the additional district and sessions judge (POCSO) sentenced the man to life imprisonment on Saturday and also imposed a fine of Rs 51,000 on him.

    He said the incident took place at around 11 pm on April 29, 2018, when the man raped the girl while she was sleeping with her mother.

    A case was registered on May 1, 2018.

    The man was subsequently arrested and put in jail.

  • Five held for gang-rape of teen girl in Nagpur

    By PTI
    NAGPUR: A teen girl was gang-raped allegedly by five persons in Khindsi area of Ramtek in Nagpur district, all of whom were arrested on Sunday, police said.

    One of the accused took the girl to a nearby jungle on a motorcycle on December 29 and then called four of his friends there, after which they all took turns to rape her, an official said.

    “They left her in Andhalgaon village and a complaint was filed in Ramtek police station after she reached home. All five were arrested on Sunday,” the official added.