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Rape worse than murder, destroys soul: POCSO court sentences man to 10 years in jail for rape of minor

The Court underscored the impact of heinous crimes such as rape on society.

“There is the case where the crime has been committed by the accused not only delicts the law but it has a deleterious effect on the civilized society…The accused persons are from her area, knowing well about her abnormality…The gravity of the crime, therefore, is increased,” it stated.

It therefore refused to show him any leniency.

“In my considered view, there is no need to give consideration to the age, time span for which the perpetrator had undergone in jail during trial or his poor financial background. More particularly when the offence the offence involving the allegations of sexual assault/rape on the minor victim girls that too when the victims are abnormal girls, easily trusting the person nearby to whom they know,”

Source: Barandbench

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