KOTA: A POCSO Court here has sentenced a 22-year-old man for raping a boy and convicted him to 20 years of imprisonment, a public prosecutor said on Thursday (August 19). In addition to the jail duration, the court levied a penalty of Rs 37,000 on the culprit.
Ravinder Singh Rajput, a resident of Badgaon under Kunhari Police Station zone, was accused of sodomising the boy in his neighbourhood two years back, public prosecutor at POCSO Court 4, Dhirendra Choudhary, told reporters. Rajput seduced the boy when he was playing outside his house on June 12, 2019, and took him to an isolated place where he sodomised him.
The child later revealed to his father about the incident and he filed a complaint against Rajput at Kunhari Police Station, Choudhary said. Rajput was reserved under Section 377of the Indian Penal Code and sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
POCSO court 4 Judge Mohammad Arif held Rajput guilty after hearing testimonies of at least 14 observers.
