Published On : Sat, May 7th, 2022

Youth awarded 7-year jail for raping minor girl in Nagpur

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Nagpur: A court in Nagpur awarded 7-year jail to a youth on the charges of raping a minor girl.

Additional Sessions Judge A M Rajkarne on Friday sentenced Swapnil Sheshrao Khadse (27) to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) after the charges of raping a minor girl were proved against him in the court.

A resident of Ram Nagar, Kharbi, Khadse had raped a 14- year-old girl around 5 pm on January 28, 2017. Following a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother, Nandanvan Police had registered a case under Sections 376(2)(I), 323, 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), read with Sections 3 and 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (PoCSO) Act, against Khadse.

On January 29, 2017, police arrested Khandse. PSI Sonali Wagare investigated the case and filed a charge-sheet against Khadse. As the charges were substantiated against Khadse, the court sentenced him to seven years RI imprisonment with a fine of Rs 5000 for the offence under Section 376(2)(I) of the IPC and Section 4 of PoCSO Act. Khadse would undergo additional three months RI if he failed to pay the fine.

Additional Public Prosecutor Varsha Saikhedkar represented the State. Adv Prabhakar Bhure was the defence counsel.