Special Judge POCSO Court Ranjan Sutar on Wednesday convicted a rape accused and awarded him 11 years rigorous imprisonment (RI).
The court also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs 14,000 and in default to undergo another 20 months jail term .
The convict identified as Jaladhar Sethi (33) of village Nayapada under Basta police station in Baleswar district had sexually assaulted a 13- year-old girl of Maharajpur on July 3, 2017.He committed the offence while the victim’s parents had gone to witness a fair.
After returning home when they learnt about the incident they lodged an FIR with police. The accused Jaladhar following investigation was arrested and tried under different sections including Sections 376(1),450, 506 of the IPC and Section 4 of the POCSO Act.
“The court awarded different jail terms which would run concurrently and penalties for different sections aggregating 11 years of RI term and Rs 14,000 fine. As many as 15 witnesses were examined and 26 documents were exhibited. After going through the evidence, the judgment was pronounced today,” said Special Public Prosecutor POCSO Pranab Panda.