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Assam: Guwahati man convicted for sexual offence, gets 20 years jail term

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HT Digital,

Guwahati, May 2: A Kamrup metropolitan district’s special POCSO court in Assam sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment on Thursday for child sexual abuse in 2022.

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The convict, identified as Dwijen Ramchairy, was also slapped with a hefty penalty. The court found him guilty under section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and section 448 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The case was filed at the Noonmati Police Station in Guwahati, with case number 353/2022.

Ramchairy was sentenced to one year of rigorous imprisonment for the offence under section 448 of IPC, and an additional 20 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 50,000 for the offence under Section 6 of POCSO Act.

If Ramchairy fails to pay the fine, he will face an additional year of simple imprisonment. The court declared that the fine amount will be given to the victim as compensation.

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