Man sentenced to 10 yrs RI in sexual assault case
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 26 2023:
The Special Judge, POCSO Fast Tract Court, No 1 sentenced a man convicted of sexual assault on a minor in Bishnupur district on June 4, 2018, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and ordered him to a pay a fine of Rs 5,000 as well.
Accused Konthoujam Robindro (34) was arrested from a location in Bishnupur district under Sectiori 6 of POCSO Act, for sexually assaulting a minor girl from his locality.
On Thursday, Robindro, who had been out on bail, came to the court for the sentence hearing during which special public prosecutor M Bishambhor submitted that Robindro committed the most heinous and inhumane crime on the young victim.
As such, he prayed to the court to award stringent punishment so as to send out a strong message to the society that crimes against children will not be tolerated.
Meanwhile, the defence counsel submitted to the court that the convict is married and worked as a daily wager.
Thus, he made a prayer to the court for awarding minimum punishment, while commuting the time he spent in judicial custody during the investigation and trial period of the case from the final sentence.
After listening to the submissions of both sides, the court sentenced Konthoujam Robindro to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and ordered hint to a pay a fine of Rs 5,000 under Section 6 of POCSO Act as well.
It also ordered for commuting the 6 months and 20 days he spent in judicial custody from the total sentence period.
Thus, the convict has to serve jail time for 9 years 5 months and 10 days.
It further directed for awarding Rs 1 lakh to the victim under the Manipur Government Victim Compensation Fund or any other schemes.
On June 6, 2018, the victim's mother lodged a complaint to Bishnupur Women PS informing that that Robindro sexually assaulted her daughter on June 4.The matter came to the light after the Victim complaint to her mother of pain in her private parts in the af ternoon of June 5.After an investigation, Bishnupur Women PS arrested the convict and subsequently framed charges against him at the court concerned and Special Court POCSO Bishnupur.