Overview
- A Tis Hazari court in Delhi sentenced a 30-year-old to 25 years for the digital rape of a two-year-old committed on October 20.
- Judge Babita Puniya said the law draws no distinction between digital and penile penetration and rejected pleas citing intoxication, illiteracy, or lack of additional injuries.
- The Delhi case moved from offence to conviction within a month, with the court noting forensic confirmation of blood on the child’s clothes and multiple witness accounts.
- In Maharashtra, Nanded’s Principal District and Sessions Court gave Madhav Ramesh Janole life imprisonment and a Rs 50,500 fine for raping a four-year-old, whom he lured into his house.
- In Uttar Pradesh, a Mainpuri court awarded rigorous life imprisonment to Sandeep and imposed a Rs 50,000 fine payable to the victim for the rape of a four-year-old.