Man convicted for sexual assault on minor
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 16 2021:
Special Judge POCSO Churachandpur today convicted 41 year old man under Section 4 of POCSO Act for sexual assault on a minor on 15 October 2016 .
And the Judge has fixed November 18 for sentence hearing to announce the quantum of punishment.
The case was registered against the convict after a complaint was filed before OC Women Police Station Churachandpur on October 15, 2016 .
After the completion of investigation, a charge sheet was submitted against the accused under different sections of IPC and POCSO Act.
During the trial, prosecution produced 11 witnesses including the alleged minor victim in order to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
After hearing the submission of Special PP and defense counsel of the convict uncle, the Court agreed with Special PP that deposition of the victim before the court is completely sufficient to hold the accused of the charges laid against him and adjudged the victim to be trustworthy and a star witness in the case.
Accordingly, the Court convicted the accused uncle under Section 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.