Mumbai: POCSO Court Sentences 10-Year Imprisonment to Man For Raping and Impregnating 16-Year-Old Girl

A 47-year-old man was given a 10-year prison sentence by a special POCSO court for raping and getting a young girl pregnant. The victim was over 16 on the day of the assault, the court said, and had the ability to comprehend the circumstances.  On the basis of the victim's statement and corroborating DNA evidence, which established that the accused and the girl were the biological parents of the foetus she conceived, the jury declared the man guilty on Saturday.

Mostly based on the victim's statement and accompanying DNA evidence, which revealed that the accused and the girl were the biological parents of the foetus she conceived, the verdict, which was handed down on Saturday, found the man guilty.  Given that the offender is responsible for providing for his wife and an unmarried daughter, the court had some leeway in imposing the punishment.  It reaffirmed that the victim was older than sixteen at the time of the incident and had sufficient knowledge of the situation.Open in app