A Delhi court has sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment for committing penetrative sexual assault upon a mentally weak child. Additional Sessions Judge Ashwani Kumar Sarpal also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Dinesh, a barber, for sexually assaulting the child studying in fifth standard in Seelampur area. “From the statement of the victim, it is fully proved that the accused had committed unnatural sex with him. The act of the accused is fully covered within the definition and purview of penetrative sexual assault as defined under section 3 of the POCSO Act,” the court said. The court also directed to Delhi State Legal Services Authority East to pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 to the minor.

Source: dna July 17, 2017 02:15 UTC