Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping minor girl in Odisha

Baripada (Odisha), Jun 25 (PTI) A court in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday sentenced a 34-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl eight years ago.

The Special POCSO Court Judge Pratima Patro convicted Bapun Mohanta in the rape of a 16-year-old girl, said Special Public Prosecutor Abhinna Kumar Pattnaik.

The court imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict Bapun Mohanta. The court also directed the District Legal Services Authority secretary to pay Rs 5 lakh to the victim.

The incident happened on June 16, 2018, when Mohanta, a resident of a village under the jurisdiction of Baripada Sadar police station, kidnapped the girl and took her to a relative's house.

He kept her in that house for four days and repeatedly raped her.

Her family lodged an FIR with the Baripada Sadar Police Station police and a case was registered under section 363, 376(3), 376(2)(n), 506 IPC, section 6 of the POCSO Act and arrested the accused.

The judgment was based on the victim's statement, 16 witnesses and the medical report said Abhinna Kumar Pattnaik Special Public Prosecutor. PTI COR AAM SBN AAM SBN