Man receives life sentence for sexually abusing 5-year-old boy in UP

Muzaffarnagar (UP):

A POCSO court here on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexually abusing a five-year-old boy over three years ago.

Government lawyer Pradeep Balyan said: “Special Judge Shrimati Manjula Bhalotya found Jaber Singh guilty under Section 377 (unnatural sexual intercourse) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 5 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.” “The court awarded him life imprisonment,” Mr Balyan said.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the accused, with the entire amount to be awarded to the victim as compensation. According to the prosecution, the incident took place in March 2021 when Singh lured the five-year-old boy to his house in a nearby village. The accused promised the child Rs 5 lakh and sexually abused him inside the house.

The boy's father filed a complaint with the police, claiming that his son was playing near Jaber Singh's residence when he was taken away and abused.

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