2 get 10-year jail terms in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case in Arunachal

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ITANAGAR: The session court at Yupia has sentenced Heri Kya and Heri Tachu to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for rape of a minor girl in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

A case was registered in the Women Police Station (WPS) under Case No: 84/2015 U/S 376 of IPC and was investigated by (IO) Inspector O Lego.

Earlier, the 13-year-old victim got married to a man in 2011. However, later his two sons harassed, tortured and repeatedly raped her on many occasions. She was threatened to keep her silence about those horrible incidents.

An FIR was registered on September 5, 2015. At the time of crime the victim was of aged 14-16, according to the Medical Board. After thorough investigation involving six witnesses, charges were framed against the accused u/s 376(2) (f)(g) IPC R/W Section 6 of POCSO Act.

The case successfully reached its conclusion recently and the accused involved have been sentenced to serve 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and pay fines of Rs 5000 under Section 6 of the POCSO Act.

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