The woman had also abused the complainant, who had objected to her treatment of the child. The court noted that this showed that the accused being a lady was not bothered by anyone.
The victim, who was 11 years old at the time of the incident in 2019, deposed before the court that he had gone to a park near his house when the accused forcibly took him to an autorickshaw on the pretext of giving him chocolate and showing a mobile phone
The child had not revealed the incidents that happened on consecutive days out of this fear, delaying the lodging of the complaint. It is only when pain in her private part persisted over the days, that she revealed about the pain to her aunt.
A special court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) has sentenced a 25-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for the “heinous and serious act” of sexually assaulting a six-year-old next door neighbour by luring her with mangoes.