NOIDA: A Pocso court sentenced a 35-year-old man to three years of imprisonment for molesting a 14-year-old girl in 2014 in Sector 24.Chavanpal Bhati, special public prosecutor, said the girl lived with her parents in a rented home. Mukesh, a security guard, grabbed the girl from the area and took her inside his room. There he tried to rapeher. The girl raised the alarm and local people gathered at the spot.They arrested the accused and rescued the girl, he said.The girls father informed police and filed a complaint in this regard. Soon a police team arrested the accused. He was produced in court and sent to judicial custody. A chargesheet was filed against the accused on February 25 that year.The accuseds lawyer, Udayveer Singh, told the court that his client was framed in this case. My client was drunk at the time of incident. He had mistakenly held the girl by her hand and she raised an alarm. He had not tried to rape her, he said.The accused also denied the charges and decided to face trial.The girl told the court that she used to work as a domestic help in a neighbouring house. Mukesh worked there as a security guard. He grabbed me and removed my clothes to rape me. I raised an alarm and local people came and rescued me, she said. Chandra Mohan Shrivastava, special judge (Pocso Act), on Tuesday relied on witness testimonies and convicted Mukesh. He is sentenced to three years jail and fined Rs 5,000 under Section 354 (A) (sexual harassment) of IPC and Section 11/12 of Pocso Act, the court said. (The victims identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)We also published the following articles recentlyPOCSO court sentences Haryana man to 20 years in jail for raping minor girlA special POCSO court in Jind district, Haryana, has sentenced a man named Dinesh to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a minor girl. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 31,000 on the accused. The incident was reported to the police by the victims family, leading to a comprehensive investigation and the gathering of substantial evidence against Dinesh. The judgment includes imprisonment under various sections of the POCSO and IPC, as well as an order for the accused to pay Rs 4 lakh to the victim through the district legal services authority.9-year-old raped in Assams Cachar, locals thrash accusedA man in Assams Cachar district was beaten by locals for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl. The incident occurred on November 12 but was only reported when the girls parents filed a complaint. The accused, a carpenter from Tripura, allegedly raped the girl in her house on Diwali night. The accused was taken to the hospital for a medical examination and then brought to the police station. Locals gathered outside the police station, demanding strict action. The victims identity has not been disclosed to protect her privacy.22-year-old wrestling teacher gets High Court relief in Pocso caseThe Bombay High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to a wrestling teacher who was accused of inappropriately touching minor students during the Covid-19 lockdown. The teacher, who is 22 years old, was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The complaint was filed by a senior teacher who alleged that the accused teacher asked students to touch each other inappropriately under the pretext of teaching wrestling. The teachers lawyer argued that the physical engagement in wrestling necessitates such contact. The next hearing is scheduled for November 29th.

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