POCSO court awards life term to man in a child rape case

Special Judge of the POCSO court, Bhaskar Chandra Sahu passed the order after holding the accused guilty under various sections of the POCSO Act.According to prosecution the man had forcibly dragged the girl, who hails from his village, to his house and raped her after tying a piece of cloth round her mouth in July 2018. An FIR was lodged by a family member at Khajuripada police station the same day and he was arrested.

A local court in Odisha’s Kandhamal district Friday sentenced a 55-year-old man to life imprisonment after convicting him for raping an eight-year-old about four years ago. Special Judge of the POCSO court, Bhaskar Chandra Sahu passed the order after holding the accused guilty under various sections of the POCSO Act.

According to prosecution the man had forcibly dragged the girl, who hails from his village, to his house and raped her after tying a piece of cloth round her mouth in July 2018. He then threatened her to kill her if she disclosed the incident. An FIR was lodged by a family member at Khajuripada police station the same day and he was arrested.