Juvenile Sentenced to 14-days-imprisonment for Crime of Rape

  September 8, 2024 By: INSEC

The District Court has sentenced a 15-year-old juvenile of Triyuga Municipality-7, Bhantabari to 14 days imprisonment for the crime of raping a three-year-old girl. The registrar Bheshraj Bhattarai informed that the bench of the District Court Judge Dipak Kumar Kharel on September 8 ordered the juvenile to pay a fine of Rs.50,000 from the victim’s relief fund along with the imprisonment.

The aggrieved party filed a complaint at the District Police Office on February 28, 2023, alleging that the accused had raped the victim on 27 February. Police arrested the accused from his home on February 28 and registered a case under the charge of rape in the District Court on March 13. The bench of the District Court Judge Harishchandra Ingnam on March 14 assigned the custody of the juvenile.

The health examination of the victim was done at the District Hospital on February 28.

 


Rakesh Nepali