Overview

• Lalibai Mogiya, 30, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a POCSO court in Bundi for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage boy in October 2023.
• The court, presided over by Judge Salim Badra, also imposed a ₹45,000 fine on Mogiya as part of the sentencing.
• The victim’s mother filed a complaint in November 2023, alleging that Mogiya lured her 16-year-old son to Jaipur, where she held him in a hotel and assaulted him over six to seven days.
• The case was prosecuted under multiple legal frameworks, including IPC Section 363, the Juvenile Justice Act, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
• This conviction highlights Indian courts' growing commitment to prosecuting all forms of child sexual abuse, including cases involving female perpetrators and male victims.