{"id":4463,"date":"2018-07-21T17:02:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T11:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/?p=4463"},"modified":"2018-07-21T19:56:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T14:26:22","slug":"alwar-court-orders-death-penalty-for-19-year-old-for-raping-7-month-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/alwar-court-orders-death-penalty-for-19-year-old-for-raping-7-month-old-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Alwar: Court awards death penalty to 19-year-old for raping infant girl"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jaipur: A court in Alwar on Saturday ordered capital punishment for a 19-year-old man, identified as Pintu Bharada alias Pintu Joshi who raped a 7-month-old girl in Alwar. The historic judgement under the recently amended sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POSCO) Act came barely two months after the girl was raped. The speedy trial was hailed by social activists and people.<\/p>\n
This is the first case of death penalty in a child rape case under the POSCO Act in Rajasthan.<\/p>\n
Judge Jagendra Agarwal ordered the rapist, Pintu Bharada alias Pintu Joshi to hang. The incident took place on May 10. The girl\u2019s family had gone out, leaving the child in care of her visually-impaired sister-in-law. When the father returned, the girl was missing.<\/p>\n
The family started searching for the girl. She was found in agriculture farm nearly one kilometer away from her home. She was profusely bleeding from her private part and rushed to a hospital.<\/p>\n
After the girl\u2019s father registered an FIR with Alwar police, Pintu was arrested and booked under Meanwhile, Pintu has been booked under Sections 363 (kidnapping), 366 A (Procuration of minor girl) and 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code, and several relevant sections under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.<\/p>\n
The girl went through several surgeries of her private parts. The police filed a chargesheet within days of the arrest. Pintu was convicted by the court.<\/p>\n