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Lakhimpur Kheri: A 14-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly raped by a 17-year-old boy of the same village in Mohammdi block in Lakhimpur Kheri district on Monday midnight.A case was registered under sections 376(rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the POCSO Act. After registering an FIR, we sent the girl for a medical examination. However, the girl alerted her family members, who nabbed the accused and handed him over to police. We will send him to the juvenile house if he is a minor,” he added Her statement will be recorded in the presence of a judicial magistrate.”“We are trying to verify the actual age of the accused, who claims himself to be a minor, but failed to produce documents to prove his age..