Sri Vijaya Puram, Sept 24: On 23rd September 2025, the Hon’ble Special Judge at Port Blair Shri. Neyaz Alam, convicted one accused person namely Sanjib Mondal, resident of Nayagaon, Sri Vijaya Puram, in a sexual assault case committed by him against a minor girl then aged 15 years. It is averred that the accused was staying in the house of victim being relative and during his stay, he had committed aggravated penetrative sexual assault upon the minor child, thus made the child pregnant. The incident came to notice when the victim had been to hospital for checkup, there she was found to be pregnant and thus the matter was informed to concern PS i.e. PS Aberdeen who registered a case being FIR No. 156 of 2023 dated 14.06.2023 against the accused person under Section 5(j)(ii)(l)(n)/6 of POCSO Act and the investigation was taken by SI P.Jeevan under the supervision of the then SHO Girish Kumar. The prosecution examined 15 witnesses and the Hon’ble Court after conducting trial found the accused person guilty of the offence more particularly when the DNA Report was found to be positive. Accordingly, the accused has been sentenced to suffer 20 (Twenty) years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 5/6 of POCSO Act and ordered him to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/- in default of payment of such fine the accused had to undergo further rigorous imprisonment of 3 (three) months. The court also sentenced the accused to suffer 02 (Two) years of further rigorous imprisonment under Section 506 of Indian Penal code and ordered him to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/- in default of such payment to suffer further rigorous imprisonment of 6 (six) months. The court observed that the crime was of a grave nature, given that Sanjib Mondal not only violated the trust of being a family member but also left the young victim physically and emotionally scarred. In addition to the prison term, the judge imposed a fine on the convict. Acknowledging the need for Victim’s rehabilitation, the Hon’ble Court directed that compensation of Rs. 3,00,000/- be provided to the survivor for her welfare, care and future support. The judgment underlined the seriousness with which the courts are treating offence against children and stated that strong punishment must serve both as justice for the victim and as a deterrent to the society. The case was conducted for and on behalf of the State by Special Public Prosecutor Miss. A.S. Zinu.
