Parmesh S Jain
The Fast track court on Thursday convicted a 50-year-old construction labourer in a POCSO case and sentenced 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000.
The court also ordered compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the victim.
The convict Muthu Poomale from HAL, neighbour of the victim,had dragged the six-year-old victim into his house and sexually assaulted her on september 2015.
The victim was playing outside her house along with other children while her parents had gone out.
The parents returned home to find the girl was missing and the other children playing with the victim told the parents that the uncle from the neighbourhood had dragged the girl into the house .
Worried parents rushed to the house of Muthu which was locked from inside and forced upon the door to catch Muthu red handed .
Based on the complaint the police arrested the accused under POCSO act and remanded him to judicial custody.
The police also filed a charge sheet before the fast track court and Public Prosecutor KV Ashwath Narayana presented the case before the judge,A.G Gangadhar to ensure maximum punishment for convict Muthu.
