Overview
- In Indore, Special Court (POCSO-2) Judge Nausheen Khan sentenced a 42-year-old stepfather to double life imprisonment for repeatedly assaulting his minor stepdaughter.
- The Indore order acknowledged severe trauma and recommended Rs 3 lakh compensation, with charges invoked under the POCSO Act and the IT Act following a 2021 FIR at Hiranagar police station.
- In Malda’s English Bazar, Judge Rajib Saha gave Masiuddin Sabji 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment, imposed a Rs 20,000 fine, and directed Rs 1 lakh compensation to each of two survivors.
- The Malda case advanced from a May 3, 2021 complaint to a May 4 arrest and a June 30 chargesheet, led by LSI Sonali Saha Roy with 13 witnesses examined.
- In Jalpaiguri, Judge Rintu Sur imposed 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment under two charges for assaults on sisters then aged 18 and 15, after police rescue, medical examinations and a July chargesheet stemming from a May 2025 complaint.