1 week Ago By Asseem Shaikh
Pune: The court of special judge K P Kshirsagar convicted and sentenced a 70-year-old retired govt employee to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 10,000 for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old schoolgirl at a construction site on Oct 31, 2019. The court observed, “The victim, who was then a student of Std II, is not a tutored witness as she has given rational answers to questions posed to her. She is intelligent and understands the obligation of taking an oath.
Her evidence is reliable and trustworthy and corroborates with the evidence of other witnesses.” The prosecution’s case is that the accused was walking with a pet dog when he lured the victim to accompany him and sexually assaulted her. The court sentenced the elderly man to five years’ imprisonment on the charge of kidnapping, three years for sexual harassment, and another five years for aggravated sexual assault .
All these charges will run concurrently. The court did not award separate punishment for rape as per the proviso of 42 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and directed the Pune district legal services authority to provide compensation to the victim. Judge Kshirsagar in his judgement of Sept 5 said, “The circumstances on record disclosed that the victim, her family, and prosecution witnesses do not have a motive to implicate the senior citizen.
The evidence of witnesses is unblemished and is free from doubts. The motive of the accused was to gain pleasure by sexually assaulting the victim.” “The victim had instantly disclosed the incident to her mother and the FIR was instantly registered with the Vishrantwadi police.
The medical officer gave a conclusive opinion of sexual assault. The prosecution’s evidence inspires confidence and can be accepted by the test of prudence. The presence of the accused and the incident is proved by the direct testimony of witnesses,” the judge said, adding that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
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