Man gets life term for raping, kidnapping 12-year-old girl
A chargesheet in the matter was filed on May 28, 2021, by the police with the District Court while the charges were framed months later on July 29.
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The trial began on September 29 in the court of Special POCSO Judge and Additional Session Judge TS Brahmabhatt of Navsari. A 32-year-old man was on Tuesday given life sentence by a Special POCSO Judge of the District Court in Navsari following conviction over rape and abduction of a 12-year-old girl.
Saddam Hussain was convicted of kidnapping the minor and taking her to Uttar Pradesh.
Public Prosecutor Ajay Tailor said, “We emphasised before the court that strict punishment should be given to the accused to set an example in the society that nobody dares to do such crime. The accused is still in judicial custody since his arrest.”
The case was reported last April. After the girl went missing and they could not find her, they contacted the Navsari rural police station and lodged a missing complaint on April 4, 2021. The cops caught the accused from UP where he had taken the minor. About two weeks after the arrest of the accused, the girl’s mother lodged a complaint of rape and kidnapping under different sections of the IPC, and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
A medical examination of both the accused and the girl was carried out by police at the Navsari Civil Hospital. The accused was sent to judicial custody after his police remand period.
A chargesheet in the matter was filed on May 28, 2021, by the police with the District Court while the charges were framed months later on July 29.
The chargesheet had statements from nine witnesses and 29 pieces of documentary evidence, including medical and scientific evidence that was submitted before the court.
The trial began on September 29 in the court of Special POCSO Judge and Additional Session Judge TS Brahmabhatt of Navsari.
After hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defense, Special POCSO judge TS Brahmbhatt convicted Saddam Hussain under different sections of the IPC and POCSO Act.
The order states that under the Victim Compensation Scheme, Rs 4 lakh should be paid to the girl.
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