Man gets 20 years in jail for raping 8-year-old girl Surat News – Times of India

Surat: A special court under Protection of children from sexual offenses ,poxo) Law in the city sentenced a 24-year-old man to 20 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a minor girl.
judge Aarti Vyas Special POCSO Court accused found Vishwakarma, a daily wage labourer, convicted of kidnapping and raping an 8-year-old girl.
As per the details of the case, the accused had kidnapped the girl sleeping outside his house in a slum in Uttaran area of ​​Surat in March 2019. The girl and her elder sister, who is married, had come to live with their uncle. On the outskirts of the city in Uttaran. When the victim’s sister woke up at around 7 am on March 14, 2019, she saw that the girl was moaning in pain.
The girl told her sister that an unknown man took her to the bushes and sexually assaulted her. She said that she had fainted and returned home when she regained consciousness. The family contacted the police, who arrested Vishwakarma, a native of Bharatpur in Uttar Pradesh.
(As per Supreme Court directions on matters relating to sexual harassment, the identity of the victim is not disclosed to protect her privacy)

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