Odisha: Youth sentenced to 20 years RI for kidnapping, raping minor girl
Kendrapara, April 24 -- The Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Court under the POCSO Act in Kendrapara on Thursday sentenced a youth to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.57,000 for kidnapping and raping a minor girl.
Special Public Prosecutor Manoj Kumar Sahoo said the convict, identified as Jagan Samal of Gandikipur under Kujanga Police Station in Jagatsinghpur district, had kidnapped a 17-year-old girl from the Tantiapala Marine Police Station area on November 18, 2020.
The victim's father lodged an FIR at the Tantiapala Marine Police Station on November 19, 2020. Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case, apprehended Jagan Samal, and rescued the minor girl on March 14, 2021.
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