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Last Updated on April 18, 2022 9: 03pm

Guwahati: A juvenile has been sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment on Monday for raping a 15-year-old girl in 2017 in Odisha’s Keonjhar district.

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As per reports, the judgement has been passed by POCSO judge Subhashree Tripathi.

The convict has also been fined ? 5,000 for committing the crime on January 15, 2017.

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The court further directed the District Legal Services Authority to pay ? 4 lakh compensation to the rape survivor.

It may be mentioned that the girl was raped at a secluded place on the pretext of taking her to a local fest. 

Although after the incident a compromise meeting was held, a police case was filed later.

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The juvenile will be lodged in a correctional home till he attained 21 years of age.

After he turns 21, he will be shifted to a regular jail.