Ghaziabad: A Pocso court has sentenced a man to five years in jail for molesting a 10-year-old girl in Loni area in 2018.
The court on Wednesday also imposed a fine of Rs 55,000 on the 55-year-old man and 75% of the amount will be given to the child’s family.
Special judge (Pocso court II) Ravindra Prasad Gupta found Subhash Chandra Dagar guilty under Pocso Act and Section 354 (outraging modesty) of the IPC.Special public prosecutor (Pocso Act) Sanjeev Bakharva said that the girl’s brother had lodged a complaint against their neighbour who allegedly harassed the child. He also alleged that the man would make obscene gestures at the girl. “The complainant said that the child had told the family that Dagar had called her to a room one day. On July 9, 2018, the girl’s brother said, he saw Dagar trying to catch hold of the child’s hand. He made a video of the incident as well,” Bakharva said.