Jajpur: The Jajpur Adhoc Fast Track POCSO Court on Thursday sentenced one Nakhia Singh (35) to 20 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) after convicting him on charges of raping a minor girl in 2017.
In addition to that the court also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Nakhia. Upon failure to pay the fine Nakhia has to undergo additional 10 months of RI.
The Court further ordered the District Legal Cell Authority to pay a compensation of Rs 7 lakh to the rape survivor.
The court pronounced the judgment on the basis of depositions of 17 witnesses.
The incident took place at around 5.00 PM on 24 March 2017 under Barchana police limits. Nakhia forcibly took away the victim while she was playing on the village road and raped her.
After the victim narrated her ordeal to her parents they filed a written complaint at the Barchana police station. On the basis of the complaint, police registered a case and forwarded the accused to court.
