Bhubaneswar: The Fast Track Special Court in Bhubaneswar Tuesday awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a 30-year-old man after holding him guilty of raping a minor girl in 2018.
The court also slapped a penalty of Rs10,000 on the convict, identified as Ramjan Khan from Raghunath Nagar under Khandagiri police limits in Khurda, for the offence under Section 376AB of the IPC. Failure to pay the fine would entail an additional two months jail term, special public prosecutor Rajib Samal and additional public prosecutor Balaram Sahoo said.
According to sources, Khan was selling toys in Dumduma area of Bhubaneswar when he saw the minor girl waiting for an autorickshaw October 26, 2018. Finding the girl alone, Khan raped her. A passerby heard the girl crying and came to her rescue.
Later, locals nabbed Khan and handed him over to Khandagiri police. Khandagiri police booked Khan under multiple Sections of the IPC including 341 and 354 and Section 6 of POCSO Act.
PNN