Bhubaneswar, Aug. 25 -- The Special POCSO Court at Ganjam today delivered its judgment convicting Kalia Nahak for raping and murdering his four-year-old niece and sentenced him to rigorous life imprisonment till the remainder of his natural life.
According to the prosecution, Nahak kidnapped the minor from Khalingi village under Pattapur police limits in Ganjam district, raped and murdered her, and later dumped the body in an under-construction building.
The case was initially registered as a missing-cum-kidnapping case under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
On further investigation, the charges were modified to Sections 103(1) (murder), 238(a) (destruction of evidence), and 137(2) (kidnapping) of the BNS read with Se...