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Time of India
13-06-2025
- Time of India
School cook gets 20-yr RI for raping 7-year-old student
1 2 3 Keonjhar: A fast-track court in Keonjhar district on Friday sentenced a 50-year-old school cook to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 7-year-old student. Judge Bijay Kumar Mishra also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict. The incident occurred on Saraswati Puja evening at a school where the girl was a hostel resident. The crime came to light when her mother discovered bruises on her daughter's body on Jan 29, 2023. Special public prosecutor Gyanendra Nath Jena said the convict sexually assaulted the minor in a nearby field when she asked to use the bathroom. The court heard that he also inflicted injuries on the girl's chest. The school's caretaker, a 40-year-old man, was fined Rs 700 for attempting to suppress the crime. Both convicts face additional imprisonment if they fail to pay their respective fines — six months for the cook and one month for the caretaker. The verdict was based on testimonies from 17 witnesses and police investigation reports. The court also recommended the district legal services authority to provide a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the girl. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Time of India
26-04-2025
- Time of India
Man gets 10-yr RI for raping teen; father sent to 2-yr jail for threatening her
Keonjhar: A fast-track court in Keonjhar on Saturday sentenced a 26-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl in 2013. Father of the convict was also sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment for threatening the survivor and her family. Judge Bijay Kumar Mishra also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict. He will have to undergo rigorous imprisonment of an additional six months, if he fails to pay the fine. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on the convict's father. If he defaults, he will have to undergo another month of rigorous imprisonment. Special public prosecutor Gyanendra Nath Jena said the girl was going to school when she was accosted by the convict who professed his love and then raped her after taking her to a nearby hill. Later, the girl took shelter in a relative's house and informed her family about her ordeal. After learning about the crime, her father went to the house of the convict. But his father threatened the girl's family and chased them out of the house. On Oct 9, 2013, the girl filed a complaint at the local police station. Subsequently, police arrested both the convict and his father. The judge pronounced the sentences based on the statements of 13 witnesses and the police investigation report. He also recommended the district legal services authority to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the girl.
