North India Statesman
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Sonbhadra, 17 October (HIST). In the case of rape of a 15-year-old minor girl seven years ago, the court of Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge POCSO Act Amit Veer Singh, while hearing the hearing on Thursday, convicted Bhagwan Das and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 lakh. Sentenced. In case of non-payment of fine, he will have to undergo additional imprisonment of one month. Out of the fine amount, the victim will get Rs 80 thousand.
According to the prosecution, a person resident of a village in Robertsganj police station area had informed in the complaint given in Robertsganj police station on April 22, 2017 that on April 19, 2017, at 2 pm, Bhagwan Das, son of Rajkumar, resident of Ghuwas village of Robertsganj police station area, his 15-year-old minor. Asked the girl to drop her at home and made her sit on the bike. He took her to his sister-in-law's house in a village in Shahganj police station area and forcibly raped the daughter at knifepoint. The next day at 10 am, he left the daughter from where he had taken her and ran away. When the daughter came home, she cried and told the whole story to her mother. On this complaint, the police registered an FIR on 22 April 2017 and started investigating the case. After finding sufficient evidence, the investigator filed a charge sheet in the court under rape and POCSO Act.
During the hearing of the case, the court, after listening to the arguments of the advocates of both the parties and observing the statements of 6 witnesses and the files, found the accused Bhagwan Das guilty and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 lakh. In case of non-payment of fine, he will have to undergo additional imprisonment of one month. Out of the fine amount, the victim will get Rs 80 thousand. Government lawyers Dinesh Prasad Agrahari, Satya Prakash Tripathi and Neeraj Kumar Singh argued on behalf of the prosecution.
