Last Updated on December 18, 2021 8: 56am
A local court at Khonsa in Arunachal Pradesh’s Khonsa Tirap district has sentenced a 62-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a minor girl.
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Reports said, the court convicted Unilye Chakma alias Anil Kumar Chakma of Diyun in Changlang district under section 6 of the POCSO Act for committing ‘aggravated penetrative sexual assault.’
As per reports, the man raped the minor girl on 25 July 2020, while she had gone to a nearby shop for purchasing some biscuits.
Based on a complaint filed by the family members of the minor girl, police subsequently arrested the accused and filed charge sheet in court.
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The court has referred the matter to Changlang District Legal Services Authority for providing adequate compensation for rehabilitation of the victim under the Arunachal Pradesh Victim Compensation Scheme.