A Gondia court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the aggravated sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl, highlighting the severity of crimes against children under the POCSO Act.
A speech-and-hearing impaired man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Gondia court on Monday for sexually assaulting a seven-and-half-year-old girl in May 2024.
Special Judge (POCSO Act) and Additional Sessions Judge K N Gautam sentenced Laxman alias Mukka Isaru Bramhankar (47) to life imprisonment under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for aggravated penetrative sexual assault.
As per the prosecution, Bramhankar had lured the girl into his home on May 8, 2024 and sexually assaulted her. A case was filed at Gondia City police station after she narrated the ordeal to her parents.
Eleven witnesses were examined in the case, including a teacher at a school for the speech-and-hearing impaired.
The court also fined Bramhankar Rs 20,000, which if not paid will see enhancement of the sentence by another two years.