Baripada: In a significant judgment, the Mayurbhanj Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Fast Track POCSO Court in Baripada on Thursday sentenced a 50-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a minor girl.
The convict, identified as Sk Nasiruddin of Badadundu village under Bahalda police station limits, was also fined ₹10,000. The court ruled that failure to pay the fine would lead to an additional six months of imprisonment.
The verdict was pronounced by Judge Santosh Kumar Nayak, who found the accused guilty under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after examining the statements of witnesses, the medical report, and the police investigation findings.
According to case records, the incident occurred on March 8, 2021, when