Overview
- Additional District Judge (POCSO) Parul Verma delivered the verdict on Friday in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
- The conviction was entered under relevant IPC sections for kidnapping and rape as well as the POCSO Act.
- Prosecutors said the July 14, 2024 incident began when the 17-year-old was lured away from home after a phone call.
- In court, the survivor described being taken by motorcycle to an aunt’s vacant house and sexually assaulted, with an alleged promise of marriage if she converted.
- An FIR filed by the victim’s uncle at Udaipur police station led to the investigation and chargesheet; no appeal has been reported.