Tripura: Court sentences two brothers to 20 years' imprisonment for raping minor

Agartala, Nov 6: A court in Tripura’s North district on Tuesday sentenced two brothers to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting them of raping a minor schoolgirl in 2022.

The police arrested the duo after an FIR was lodged at the Dharmanagar Women police station in February 2022.

Public Prosecutor Sudarshan Sharma said that a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in North Tripura’s district headquarters Dharmanagar also slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on both of them, failing which they would remain in jail for an additional eight months.

Investigating officer Usharani Debnath filed the charge sheet before the court in two months and after a two-year trial, the court pronounced the judgement under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), Sharma said.

The Public Prosecutor said that the complaint was lodged after the victim was raped by both brothers when, on her way back from school, she went to their home for a glass of water. Both the families of the victim and convicts were familiar with each other and the rape survivor used to call the convicts’ mother “grandmother”, he said.

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