Morigaon (Assam), February 22: A POCSO court in Assam's Morigaon district has sentenced a 23-year-old married person to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for repeatedly raping and impregnating his own minor sister.
The incident took place in the Jagiroad area in central Assam's Morigaon district in 2019. The Special Judge of POCSO Court of Morigaon on Monday sentenced the accused, Rupam Deuri, to 20-year RI in connection with POCSO case number 06/2020 and the Jagiroad police station case number 473/2019.
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Advocate Ajit Kumar Baishya said the incident occurred in the first half of 2019. "The victim, 16-year-old girl, told her elder sister about the incident, who took her to the doctor for examination. A local man named Bipin Chandra Bordoloi helped the victim lodge a police complaint on July 13, 2019. Based on the complaint, the police registered a rape case at the Jagiroad police station and the police also examined the victim on July 14, 2019. The medical report revealed that she was seven months' pregnant. The police immediately arrested the accused and produced him in the court," the advocate added.
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Ajit Kumar Baishya further said after hearing the case, the court on Monday sentenced Rupam Deuri to 20-year of RI for repeatedly raping and impregnating his own minor sister.
-PTC News
