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Man Gets 10-Year Of RI For Having Unnatural Sex With Minor Boy

A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has recently sentenced a 28-year-old man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for having unnatural sex with a minor boy in 2016.

The special POCSO court Judge DS Deshmukh, in July 2 order, and noted that the prosecution has successfully proved all the charges beyond reasonable doubt against the accused, resident of Waghbil area in Thane city.

A copy of the order was made available today on Thursday.

The court has also imposed a fine of ₹10,000 on the accused and directed the amount be paid to the victim as compensation.

The judge has also directed the case be referred to the District Legal Services Authority for additional compensation to the victim.

Special Public Prosecutor Sandhya H Mhatre told the court that on the night of December 24, 2016, the victim, then aged 11, was walking home alone after attending a Christmas Eve function at the house of his friend.

The accused caught him mid-way, and took him below a tree on a roadside amid the darkness and had unnatural sex with him.

Furthermore, after returning home, the victim complained of severe pain in his private parts. Certainly, his parents found injuries in his anus and when asked, the boy informed them about the incident.

The victim’s parents then filed a complaint, based on which the police then registered an FIR under the legal provisions for unnatural offences and the POCSO Act.

Later on as per the prosecution, the accused was arrested.

Mhatre stated a total of 8 witnesses, including the victim and his mother, were examined to prove the case against the accused.

She said, blood stains on the victim’s clothes matched with the samples of the accused, which was accepted by the court as a clinching evidence to convict him.

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