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A youth was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000 by a Fast Track Special Court (POCSO) in Solan for sexually assaulting a one-and-a-half-year-old girl in 2022. The incident occurred on October 30, 2022, at about 2 pm in Baddi, when the accused, Lucky Kumar (29), allegedly took the child to a roof and committed the assault. The victim’s mother found the girl crying and the accused nearby, and reported the matter to the police. Lucky Kumar was charged under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and Section 376 AB of the IPC.
In a separate case, a 21-year-old man from Manali in North Chennai was sentenced to 22 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined ₹25,000 by a POCSO court in Tiruvallur for sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2018. The court also ordered a compensation of ₹2 lakh to be paid to the victim. The accused was convicted under multiple sections, including Section 5(i) of the POCSO Act, 2012, and relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
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