DEHRADUN: A special Pocso Act court in Dehradun sentenced a 30-year-old woman to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) on Tuesday after finding her guilty of sexually assaulting her 16-year-old step-nephew in 2022, reports Pankul Sharma.
This conviction under Pocso Act is the first of its kind in Uttarakhand and a rare instance in the country.
Prosecution counsel Alpana Thapa said the convicted woman is married with two children and is the survivor’s father’s step-sister.
“After a physical relationship with her step-nephew for months, she became pregnant and gave birth to a child. On finding out about her pregnancy, the boy’s mother filed an FIR against her at Vasant Vihar police station in Dehradun on July 5, 2022. At that moment, she was eight months pregnant,” Thapa added.
The prosecution presented the forensic scientific lab report which confirmed the boy as the “newborn’s biological father”.
According to the boy’s father, the convicted woman was experiencing “discord” with her husband, leading her to shift to his house in 2021.
This conviction under Pocso Act is the first of its kind in Uttarakhand and a rare instance in the country.
Prosecution counsel Alpana Thapa said the convicted woman is married with two children and is the survivor’s father’s step-sister.
“After a physical relationship with her step-nephew for months, she became pregnant and gave birth to a child. On finding out about her pregnancy, the boy’s mother filed an FIR against her at Vasant Vihar police station in Dehradun on July 5, 2022. At that moment, she was eight months pregnant,” Thapa added.
The prosecution presented the forensic scientific lab report which confirmed the boy as the “newborn’s biological father”.
According to the boy’s father, the convicted woman was experiencing “discord” with her husband, leading her to shift to his house in 2021.
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