POCSO court sentences 6 youths to 20 years for raping minor in Odisha

A POCSO court in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Friday sentenced six men to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for the gang-rape of a girl in Baidyanathpur police station area, special public prosecutor Narayan Panda said.

Additional District Judge-cum-POCSO court judge Pranati Pattnaik also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of the convicts, aged between 20 and 27 years, he



added.

They will have to serve jail for another six months if they fail to pay the fine, he said.

The convicts are from Aska, Beguniapada, Purushottampur, Khallikote and Sorada police station areas, Panda said.

The court also directed the district legal services authorities to pay Rs 15 lakh to the survivor under the victim compensation scheme.