Kendrapara, Aug. 6 -- In a significant judgment, Prangya Parmita Raul, Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge under the POCSO Act today sentenced a youth to 20 years
of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs.60,000 for kidnapping and raping a minor girl.
The judge further ordered that if the convict failed to pay the fine, he would have to undergo an additional one year of Rigorous Imprisonment.
According to Special Public Prosecutor Manoj Kumar Sahoo the incident took place on November 5 last year, when the accused, Ananda, allegedly kidnapped a 13-year-old girl while she was on her way to school under Sadar police station.
Following a complaint lodged by the girl's mother, Sadar police registered a case, r...