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Fast-Track POCSO Courts Issue Life Terms Nationwide, With New Arrests in Active Cases

Courts coupled prison terms with fines, directing compensation to survivors to emphasize deterrence.

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The man's wife caught him raping their daughter on October 27, 2022, in their home.
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Overview

  • In Bahraich, UP, a special court sentenced Avinash Pandey to life imprisonment about 20 working days after the chargesheet, with fines imposed under POCSO and BNS provisions.
  • A Delhi court ordered rigorous life imprisonment for the 2018 rape of a 10-year-old girl and awarded Rs 10 lakh in compensation to the survivor.
  • Odisha’s Jajpur POCSO court gave Arakshita Parida a life term for the 2024 rape of an eight-year-old, levying a Rs 2 lakh fine and directing a Rs 5 lakh DLSA aid.
  • Kalyan police arrested seven men over an alleged five-month gang-rape of a 17-year-old; the court granted police custody, medical tests found the victim was pregnant, and one suspect remains at large.
  • Additional convictions reported this week include life terms in Hyderabad and a 20-year sentence in Pune, plus separate rulings in Bhubaneswar and Meerut with multi-year terms and fines.