man jailed for 5 yrs for sexually abusing minor
MUMBAI, May 3 -- A special POCSO court recently sentenced a 42-year-old Vikhroli resident to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl who lived in his neighbourhood.
The prosecution submitted that the oral evidence of the victim and her mother corroborate with each other. The defence said the victim could not identify the accused.
The court, on April 24, said, "It is necessary to take into consideration that age of the victim girl was 3 years at the time of incident. On the day of recording of her evidence, she was asked to identify accused after a gap of one year, that too in the Court Hall".Revu Suresh...
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