POCSO court sentences man to life term for raping deaf, mute girl in UP’s Ballia

Ballia (UP), Sep 18 (PTI) A POCSO court here has sentenced a young man to life imprisonment for raping a deaf and mute Dalit girl six years ago in a village in this district, prosecution officials said on Friday. Additional District Judge (POCSO) Pratham Kant on Thursday also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Satyendra Yadav, Special Public Prosecutor Vimal Kumar Rai said. On the afternoon of August 16, 2020, Yadav entered the house of the girl and raped her, Rai said. Following a complaint lodged by the girl’s father, a case was registered against Yadav under relevant IPC sections, provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. After investigation, police filed a charge sheet against the accused in court. PTI COR NAV ZMN This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content. Nine Years, Made Possible by Readers In 2017, Shekhar Gupta started ThePrint with a simple belief: Indian readers want journalism that asks why and what next, not just what. And that enough of them would be willing to pay for good journalism. Nine years on, that belief has held. And, in these nine years, we've stayed true to our mission. We've been asking the follow-up questions, going beyond the headlines and explaining what's actually happening. We've travelled across the country to bring you in-depth, visually compelling stories from the ground. It's been nine years of readers choosing to make this possible. If you'd like to be one of them: