AMBALA: A fast track court of Ambala district under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act sentenced rigorous imprisonment (RI) of 20 years with a fine of Rs 5,000 to a 20-year-old youth-in-conflict with the law on Wednesday, for sexually assaulting his cousin sister (under 12 when crime committed). In default of fine payment, the convict shall have to undergo additional RI for one month.
The court of presiding officer Aarti Singh, of the above-said court, held the youth-in-conflict with law guilty under Section 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the POCSO Act, as well as Section 376AB (punishment for rape on woman under twelve years of age) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
