Baripada/Phulbani: A special POCSO court Thursday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a 15-year-old girl in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district around six years ago, officials said.
Mayurbhanj district fast-track special POCSO court judge Santosh Kumar Nayak sentenced Biswanath Chattar (36) to 10 years of RI along with a fine of Rs 10,000 for raping a minor girl, special public prosecutor Monoranjan Pattnaik said.
Pattnaik said the incident took place August 27, 2018 when the accused forcibly took the girl to a forest and raped her.
The victim’s father filed an FIR at Jashipur police station, leading to a case being registered against the accused under Section 6 of the POCSO Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) before his arrest.
In another case, a special court in Kandhamal district sentenced a 43-year-old man to 20 years of RI for raping a 16-year-old girl around five years ago.
Sanjit Kumar Patra, special judge of POCSO court, Phulbani, sentenced Dusasan Pradhan to 20 years of RI along with a fine of Rs 20,000, public prosecutor Asim Praharaj said Wednesday.
The court also ordered the District Legal Services Authority in Kandhamal to pay Rs 11 lakh compensation to the survivor, Praharaj added.
According to the prosecution, the incident occurred in December 2019 when the victim was alone at her house. Several months later, the girl gave birth to a baby.
The girl’s family members filed an FIR with Phiringia police station, leading to the arrest of the accused.
PTI