Two Juveniles Sentenced to Six Months Imprisonment for Statutory Rape

  June 1, 2024 By: INSEC

The District Court sentenced two 10-year-old juvenile to six months imprisonment each for raping a seven-year-old minor.

 

Registrar Damodar Ghimire of the District Court informed INSEC that the bench of Tejnarayan Paudel on May 31 sentenced them to six months imprisonment along with  compensation of Rs 50,000 each.

The aggrieved party filed a complaint at the Area Police office, Gadhawa on January 18 alleging that the victim  had been raped by the juveniles on January 17.

The juveniles were arrested on the same day. The health examination of the victim was done on January 18 at Rapti  Academy of Health Science, Ghorahi.


Jayanarayan Pun