The Silchar court in Assam has recently sentenced a 30-year-old man to 25 years in jail for kidnapping and forcibly marrying a 13-year-old girl.
Special judge Sanjay Hazarika sentenced the man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him under the POCSO Act, and an additional five years under IPC Section 366 for kidnapping and forcibly marrying her.
Moreover, he was directed by the judge to pay Rs 10,000 each in both cases and by any chance he fails to do so, he will get an additional year in jail.
The case was heard by a fast-track court, which completed the hearing and gave the verdict in 1 year and 4 months on Saturday.
The case was filed against the man, a resident of the Ramnathpur police station area, on January 18 last year by the girl’s family when she didn’t return home after attending a religious event in a nearby village.
The family members found her in the house of the man who claimed that they got married.
There, the police registered the case under Section 366 of the IPC for abducting and forcibly marrying her, Section 9 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act & Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against him. Later, the girl was rescued and the man got arrested.
