Parmesh Jain
The City Civil and session Court convicted a 28-year-old man with 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.10,000 in a POCSO case .
The accused Kiran Kumar from Benson town had sexually assaulted his seven-year-old relative (niece), repeatedly when she had visited her father during the school vacation in March 2017.
The victim and her brother used to visit the father,who was staying separately with the accused over a domestic row.
During one of this assault, the victim’s brother witnessed the act for which the accused assaulted and threatened him with dire consequences not to reveal it to anyone.
However the victim unable to bear the harassment narrated the ordeal with the mother who filed a complaint with the JC Nagar police.
The then inspector Girish Nayak arrested the accused and after a detailed meticulous investigation by the inspector and his team collected concrete evidence and filed a charge-sheet before the court.
Public prosecutor KV Ashwathnaraya argued the case and ensured that the accused get the maximum conviction but also suitable compensation to the victim.
After examining all the evidence and details,The Judge,AG Gangadhar,While pronouncing the quantum of punishment,even directed the district legal service Authority to provide compensation of Rs.4 lakh to the victim
