Dimapur, Sep. 6 (EMN): The court of special judge, Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Phek district on Tuesday sentenced 76-year-old Kuripra Veswuh to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexual assault on a minor girl. The incident took place on July 28, 2021 and a first information report (FIR) was filed against Veswuh on Aug. 1, 2021. According to the court ruling, the accused was convicted for penetrative sexual assault with rigorous imprisonment for a term of 20 years and fine of INR 5000. In default of payment of fine, the accused would further undergo simple imprisonment for a term of one year. The judge further sentenced the accused for commission of sexual assault upon the minor for three years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 1000 or in default of the payment of fine, simple imprisonment of six months. The accused was also charged for outraging the modesty of the girl child victim with imprisonment for a term of six months and fine of IN
Dimapur, June 16 (EMN): A 30-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment on Thursday for commission of rape and aggravated sexual assault on a minor under Chozuba, in Phek district. The judgment order stated that the incident was pre-mediated as the accused lured the victim on the pretext of buying eatables and took her in a van to a nearby waterfall. The accused further molested the minor and raped her at the site, following which he gave her INR 100 and threatened her not to communicate the incident with anyone. The accused had surrendered on September 21, 2021 before Chozuba police station, following a first information report (FIR) filed by the victim’s step father. The special judge held that “….it was therefore expected from the accused who is a father figure to the victim girl child that she should have been treated with love and care as she is staying in her aunt’s house for study purposes. Instead, the accused committed an unforgivable a
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Dimapur, October 11 (MExN): International Day of Girl Child 2021 was celebrated in Nagaland by organizing relevant programmes in different district headquarters on October 11.