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Rajasthan: Court sentences minor for sexually abusing 7-year-old in Alwar | Jaipur News
ALWAR: The Juvenile Justice Board in Alwar has sentenced a minor accused of sexually abusing a seven-year-old child to two years at a special correctional centre within 13 days of filing the chargesheet, according to police.
The Alwar police were able to get the accused, charged under the Pocso Act, sentenced following the case officer scheme. The accused was arrested within 24 hours of the crime and the chargesheet filed in 72 hours.
Police said a woman had filed complaint on September 20 last year, alleging that she found a boy trying rape her seven-year-old niece when she had gone to her sister’s residence. Seeing her, the boy tried to flee but was caught by the neighbours. He was handed over to the Mahila police station.
Police submitted the chargesheet in the case within three days before the Juvenile Justice Board. The board has found the accused guilty and sentenced him to two years in the special correction centre, said Alwar SP Tejaswani Gautam. Earlier too, the Alwar police had arrested the accused within 24 to 72 hours of the crime and filed chargesheets within five days in five other cases. Such cases were taken up under the case officer scheme to ensure punishment.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
The Alwar police were able to get the accused, charged under the Pocso Act, sentenced following the case officer scheme. The accused was arrested within 24 hours of the crime and the chargesheet filed in 72 hours.
Police said a woman had filed complaint on September 20 last year, alleging that she found a boy trying rape her seven-year-old niece when she had gone to her sister’s residence. Seeing her, the boy tried to flee but was caught by the neighbours. He was handed over to the Mahila police station.
Police submitted the chargesheet in the case within three days before the Juvenile Justice Board. The board has found the accused guilty and sentenced him to two years in the special correction centre, said Alwar SP Tejaswani Gautam. Earlier too, the Alwar police had arrested the accused within 24 to 72 hours of the crime and filed chargesheets within five days in five other cases. Such cases were taken up under the case officer scheme to ensure punishment.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
