Man gets 20-year jail for raping minor niece

Hisar, December 2

The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Seema Singhal on Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years of jail and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him for raping his minor niece.

The victim, in her complaint to the police in January 2019, said she was raped by her uncle in his house. The police registered a case under various sections of the IPC and POCSO Act.

In her police complaint, the victim said her mother passed away about four years ago and her father was a driver who usually stayed out due to his job. She and her younger brother stayed with her grandmother.

She said on January 10, 2019, her grandmother had gone to meet a relative and she and her brother went to their uncle’s house to sleep. The victim said at night, her uncle picked her up took her to another room and raped her. The accused then raped her multiple times till January 17, when her father returned home. She revealed the incident to her father and they decided to lodge a police complaint. — TNS