Port Blair, Oct 05: The Hon’ble Special Court under the POCSO Act, North & Middle Andaman, Mayabunder presided by Shri Jimut Bahan Biswas on 05.10.2021 convicted one Saranga Mondal, a resident of Billiground under section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012. The convict was accused of committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault upon a minor girl of 15 years age.
It is learnt that the convict was engaged by the father of the victim to perform some kind of puja to bring back his wife who had eloped with another person. The convict had convinced the father of the victim to conduct the puja beside a nallah.
The prosecution version is that the convict under the pretext of organizing the puja, took the victim girl along with him in his bicycle near the nallah where the puja was to be conducted and committed rape upon her.
The Hon’ble Court of Learned Additional District & Sessions Judge, Mayabunder being the designated Special Court under the POCSO Act, 2012 tried the case which was registered as Billiground PS FIR No. 30/18 dated 03.04.2018 under section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012 and under section 506 of the IPC.
The Hon’ble Special Court while sentencing the convict, Saranga Mondal to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and also imposed a fine of Rs. 2,00,000/- upon him out of which 90% of the amount is to be paid to the victim as compensation.
The Hon’ble Court further awarded a compensation of Rs. 5,00,000/- to the victim and entrusted upon the Administration the responsibility of disbursing the compensation amount within 30 days through the office of District Legal Services Authority, A & N Islands and District Magistrate, North & Middle Andaman District, Mayabunder.
The Hon’ble Special Court had also in its judgment appreciated the investigation done by the 10/ SI Ranga Raj of the case. The State Prosecution was conducted by the learned Special PP, Shri Keshab Chandra Mondal.
