NOIDA: A city court on Thursday sentenced a 70-year-old retired tuition teacher to 10 years in prison for raping a minor girl in 2020, when she used to attend his classes in Bisrakh.
The incident was reported to the police after the girl, who was 12 years old at the time, got pregnant.
“The accused used to teach the girl, who lived in the same neighbourhood. The man raped her several times and she got pregnant,” Neetu Bishnoi, special public prosecutor, told the additional district sessions court, Gautam Budh Nagar.
Five months later, the girl told her family, who filed a police complaint in July.
Bishnoi said on Thursday the court relied on testimonies of the girl, witnesses and medical report to hold the accused guilty of rape.
Special judge (POCSO) Anil Kumar Singh sentenced the teacher to ten years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 376 (rape) of IPC and fined him Rs 50,000.
“Out of the fine imposed, the victim shall be paid 80% for trauma, pain and suffering – under Section 357 – A of the CrPc,” the judge said.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
The incident was reported to the police after the girl, who was 12 years old at the time, got pregnant.
“The accused used to teach the girl, who lived in the same neighbourhood. The man raped her several times and she got pregnant,” Neetu Bishnoi, special public prosecutor, told the additional district sessions court, Gautam Budh Nagar.
Five months later, the girl told her family, who filed a police complaint in July.
Bishnoi said on Thursday the court relied on testimonies of the girl, witnesses and medical report to hold the accused guilty of rape.
Special judge (POCSO) Anil Kumar Singh sentenced the teacher to ten years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 376 (rape) of IPC and fined him Rs 50,000.
“Out of the fine imposed, the victim shall be paid 80% for trauma, pain and suffering – under Section 357 – A of the CrPc,” the judge said.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)