Four Haryana juveniles get 20-yr jail for raping minor

The fast-track special court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Narender today awarded 20-year rigorous imprisonment to four children in conflict with law for gang-raping a 17-year-old girl. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 56,000 on each convict.

Besides, one of the accused in the case, Ankit, is a major. The court has fixed a hearing on April 21 to decide his case.

Vijender Singh, Special Public Prosecutor, said the incident was reported to the Kharkhoda police on April 2, 2023.

The mother of the victim, in her complaint to the police, said her daughter was a student of Class XII at a government school.

Who is a CCL

“A child who is alleged or found to have committed an offence and has not completed 18 years of age on the date of the commission of such offence is defined as a child in conflict with law (CCL) as per the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.” — Vijender Singh, Special Public Prosecutor

Her daughter told her that a boy, who was her classmate, called her to his friend’s house at Kharkhoda on the pretext of providing her books on March 31, 2023.

Her classmate and his friend raped her and called another friend, who also raped her. They then called two more friends, one of whom violated her while the other tried to rape her.

The five accused then threatened the victim saying that they had made obscene videos of her and if she disclosed the incident to anyone, they would make the videos viral on social media.

The accused also demanded Rs 40,000 from the victim. They also threatened her that if she disclosed their names, they would kill her and her family members.

Following the complaint, the Kharkhoda police registered a case under Sections 376D, 385 and 506 of the IPC and Sections 6 and 18 of the POCSO Act. The police arrested all five accused in the case and produced them before the court.

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