Indore (Madhya Pradesh): In a landmark judgment, the district court on Friday awarded four life sentences to a truck driver for kidnapping, raping and attempting to murder a two-year-old girl.

The verdict was delivered by 21st Additional Sessions Judge (Special Court POCSO Act) Kshipra Patel, who convicted the accused, Dinesh (38), a truck driver from Dhar district, and imposed a fine of ?42,000. He was found guilty of abduction, rape and attempted murder, attracting multiple provisions of the POCSO Act and sections of the Indian Penal Code — resulting in four concurrent life imprisonments.

The incident dates back to the early hours of October 13, 2022, when the victim’s father, a watchman living in an under-construction house in Indore, reported that his two-year-old daughter had gone

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