Special Judge POCSO (Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act) Court Ajanta Sadangi on Wednesday convicted two accused involved in a gang rape of a 14 year old minor and awarded them 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, besides slapping Rs 10,000 each as penalty and in default, another three more months of imprisonment.
The convicts were identified as Sanatan Mandal (24) and Bikram Majhi (18), both of village Chakrada under Jaleswar police station limits.
The accused duo committed the heinous crime of rape against the victim, a school girl, of the same village several times in the period between January 1, 2016 and January 31, 2016 at different places.
Regarding the issue the victim lodged an FIR with police in February last narrating her plights besides stating that she lodged the compliant late as the accused duo were threatening her of dire consequences.
Both of them were lodged in jail under judicial custody.
Special public prosecutor, Pranab Kumar Panda was conducting the case on behalf of the court.
The court pronounced the quantum of punishment under section 42 of POCSO act and 376(d) of IPC after cross examining the witnesses and going through the evidences and relevant documents , said Panda.