The courtroom of further district choose VI-cum-exclusive particular choose (Pocso), Patna, Neeraj Kumar-II, sentenced him underneath related sections of the IPC and the Pocso Act. The high quality quantity will likely be given to the survivor and if the wrongdoer fails to pay it, he must endure an extra jail time period of 4 years. The courtroom additional directed the district authorized providers authority of Patna to pay a compensation quantity of Rs 2 lakh to the survivor underneath the compensation scheme.
Earlier on July 31, the identical courtroom held Deepak responsible of committing the crime of “sexual penetrative assault” upon the minor woman (underneath sections 4 and 6 of the Pocso Act) and for criminally intimidating the woman (Part 506) of the IPC.
The accused was nabbed three months later and the chargesheet in opposition to him after which the trial commenced from April 27, 2022. TNN
(The sufferer’s id has not been revealed to guard her privateness as per Supreme courtroom directives on instances associated to sexual assault)
