62-year-old gets 12 years in jail for raping minor

  • | Friday | 27th July, 2018

The medical examination confirmed rape, and the accused was arrested and sent to jail.Sharma has been lodged in the jail since then.The girl’s statement before the police and the magistrate proved crucial.Her statement was intact in the court during testimony, he added. At the time of the crime, the girl’s elder brother had gone outside to play, while her two younger siblings were present in the room. The girl’s parents were out for work, the counsel said.Later, the girl narrated the crime to her parents, who in turn, lodged a complaint at the Loni Border police station. He has been also been convicted under ST/SC Act and for criminally intimidating the girl.”According to Dagar, the crime took place on June 20, 2015, in Loni Border area.The accused, Shiv Dutt Sharma, a halwai, was living in a rented accommodation in the same building as the girl’s family.Finding the seven-year-old girl alone, Sharma took the child to his room and raped her. GHAZIABAD: A 62-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Thursday for raping a seven-year-old girl in Loni Border area in 2015.Though he has been awarded 12 years each under Section 5 & 6 (penetrative sexual assault on a child below 12 years) of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and under Section 376 ( rape ) of IPC, both the terms will run concurrently.Special judge (POCSO cases) Kunal Vepa also imposed a fine of Rs 85,000 on the accused.Special district government counsel (POCSO), Ranveer Singh Dagar, said, “The court awarded him a relatively lesser punishment owing to his advanced age.

GHAZIABAD: A 62-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Thursday for raping a seven-year-old girl in Loni Border area in 2015.Though he has been awarded 12 years each under Section 5 & 6 (penetrative sexual assault on a child below 12 years) of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and under Section 376 ( rape ) of IPC, both the terms will run concurrently.Special judge (POCSO cases) Kunal Vepa also imposed a fine of Rs 85,000 on the accused.Special district government counsel (POCSO), Ranveer Singh Dagar, said, “The court awarded him a relatively lesser punishment owing to his advanced age. He has been also been convicted under ST/SC Act and for criminally intimidating the girl.”According to Dagar, the crime took place on June 20, 2015, in Loni Border area.The accused, Shiv Dutt Sharma, a halwai, was living in a rented accommodation in the same building as the girl’s family.Finding the seven-year-old girl alone, Sharma took the child to his room and raped her. At the time of the crime, the girl’s elder brother had gone outside to play, while her two younger siblings were present in the room. The girl’s parents were out for work, the counsel said.Later, the girl narrated the crime to her parents, who in turn, lodged a complaint at the Loni Border police station. The medical examination confirmed rape, and the accused was arrested and sent to jail.Sharma has been lodged in the jail since then.The girl’s statement before the police and the magistrate proved crucial.Her statement was intact in the court during testimony, he added.

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