Rape: Court sentences man who raped two minors in 2017 to 20 years in prison | News from Delhi

New Delhi: One Delhi Court Recently, a child who had been in trouble with the law was sentenced to 20 years in prison (CCL) for the rape of two underage girls – a four-and-a-half-year-old and a seven-year-old – in 2017.
The court found that rape is a crime against the body and every victim has an individual right to protect, preserve and maintain the dignity of her body.
The Juvenile criminal law The panel had decided that the boy, who was just over 16 years old at the time, should be tried as an adult and referred the case to a POCSO court. Court of Additional Sessions (POCSO) judge Amit Sahrawat imposed a 10-year jail term for each count of rape in his September 4 verdict.
“Violation of fundamental rights of one person cannot be compensated by punishing violation of fundamental rights of another person. Therefore, rape of each victim has to be treated as a single offence and therefore CCL ‘S@S’ has to be punished for two offences of rape, i.e. firstly for victim ‘A’ and then for victim ‘S’,” the court said. The court used S@S as an alias for the convict.
The court heard the case of the convicted man, who is now about 24 years old. The court said that in this case, the aggravating circumstances were that he had raped two minors at the same time.
The court had convicted him in April this year for rape and under sections of the POCSO Act.
The court explained that the fact that such young children are raped is explained by the child’s psyche at the time of the crime.
Special Public Prosecutor Vineet Dahiya submitted to the court that the convict had committed a heinous crime and should be punished with the maximum penalty.
Advocate Vagisha Kochar, amicus curiae for the child, stated that at the time of the offence, he was a victim of bad company and was around 16 years of age. She further stated that at such a young age, he was not mature enough to withstand the effects of bad company.
The court also awarded Rs 10.5 lakh each to the victims. Based on the victim’s statement and other facts on record, the court observed that both the victims have suffered a lot due to the crime and their families are not financially able to bear their suffering.
The court noted that the child was arrested on February 21, 2017 and released on April 13, 2020, and stated that after being released from residential care, he committed three more crimes – two thefts and one robbery.
“This file shows that CCL abused his freedom and there was no improvement in his behavior. Despite the efforts made in the institution, he did not break away from the bad company,” the court said. Therefore, he cannot be released, the court added.
The court ordered the prison superintendent to provide him with employment appropriate to his artistic abilities during his sentence and to allow him to receive education in prison during his sentence. The court also ordered the district child protection unit to evaluate his improvement annually and submit a follow-up report to the court every year.