Rajasthan: Court Awards 20-Year Jail Sentence To Youth For Sexually Assaulting Minor Girl

Rajasthan News: A POCSO court in Kota on Wednesday sentenced a 19-year-old youth to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting a minor girl, as reported by news agency PTI. Public prosecutor Ramhaitar Gurjar told that Chandan alias Babulal was convicted and a fine of Rs 1 lakh was imposed on him.

Gurjar said that on March 26, 2023, Babulal took the four-year-old girl to his room on some pretext and sexually abused her. Babulal was arrested in May last year, and since then he has been in jail under judicial custody, he said. According to PTI, the minor narrated her ordeal to her parents the same day, following which they moved to the police and lodged a case.