More Than Decade After Rape Of Minor, Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Jail

Advertisement

Last Updated:May 15, 2025, 10:21 IST

Bablu alias Mohammad Mustapha Imtiyaz Shaikh who was 20 years aged astatine the clip of the transgression was recovered blameworthy nether applicable sections of the POCSO Act and for rape

After the miss narrated the incidental to her mother, a ailment was registered with Mumbra Police.(Representative/Shutterstock)

A tribunal present has sentenced a 32-year-old antheral to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for the rape and intersexual battle of a past 11-year-old miss successful the territory successful 2013.

Dinesh S Deshmukh, peculiar justice for Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act cases, delivered the verdict connected Wednesday.

Bablu alias Mohammad Mustapha Imtiyaz Shaikh who was 20 years aged astatine the clip of the transgression was recovered blameworthy nether applicable sections of the POCSO Act and for rape nether the Indian Penal Code.

The tribunal besides imposed a good of Rs 10,000 connected him.

Special Public Prosecutor Sandhya Mhatre said the subsister lived successful the aforesaid locality successful Mumbra adjacent present arsenic the accused.

On the evening of July 6, 2013, erstwhile the miss was returning location from school, Shaikh accosted her and compelled her to spell with him, threatening to bushed up her household members otherwise, said Advocate Mhatre.

He took her to his location and raped her.

After the miss narrated the incidental to her mother, a ailment was registered with Mumbra Police.

“We examined six witnesses, including the subsister and her mother, to beryllium the case," the authoritative told reporters.

The defence argued that the accused was falsely implicated due to the fact that the girl’s parent wanted a declaration which the accused had obtained, for her son-in-law. However, the tribunal rejected this argument, Advocate Mhatre said.

The tribunal recovered the girl’s deposition reliable, noting that a kid would not lie. The tribunal besides accepted the aesculapian reports portion convicting the accused, the authoritative added.

Judge Deshmukh directed that the good magnitude beryllium fixed to the subsister arsenic compensation. The lawsuit has besides been referred to the District Legal Services Authority for the outgo of further compensation.

Location :

First Published:

News india More Than Decade After Rape Of Minor, Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Jail