Overview
- A special POCSO court in Sonbhadra on Saturday sentenced a 35-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 11,000, with the court directing the fine be paid to the nine-year-old survivor and adding six months' jail if the fine is not paid.
- A special POCSO court in Jharsuguda on Saturday convicted Ranjit Kumar Mishra and sentenced him to rigorous life imprisonment, imposed a Rs 50,000 fine that will go to the survivor and ordered an additional one year of imprisonment for non-payment while directing the DLSA to pay Rs 10.5 lakh in compensation.
- Prosecutors said the Sonbhadra case involved an attempted rape in which the child escaped after being threatened, and the Jharsuguda case involved repeated sexual assaults by a stepfather that were uncovered by the victim’s mother and led to police action.
- Both cases were tried in special POCSO courts using evidence and witness testimony gathered by local police and prosecutors, showing courts are applying a mix of prison terms, fines and statutory compensation in child‑protection prosecutions.
- The sentences and compensation orders will directly affect the survivors by providing court-directed payments and extended custody for the convicts, and they signal stronger judicial use of fines and legal aid mechanisms to secure relief for child victims.