Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 27: Presiding Officer Fast Track Court (POCSO) Srinagar Aarti Mohan today awarded 20 years imprisonment to Fazil Saleem Bhat, son of Mohammad Saleem Bhat of Batwara Srinagar for raping 9 years old minor.
After hearing PP Noor ul Sajad for the UT, the Presiding Officer observed, “this court cannot overlook the fact that the POCSO Act was enacted since a strong need was felt to take stringent measures to deter the rising trend of child sex abuse in the world and specially in this country”.
“The child sexual abuse is a serious problem and a large number of cases have been emerged where the children are being subjected to physical, emotional and the most heinous of all, sexual abuse. The crime against the children by way of sexual harassment not only affects the child’s physical and psychological health but also has a devastating effect on the society as well the family of the victim”, the court said.
Accordingly, court awarded simple imprisonment of 20 years to the accused and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 under Section 4 of POCSO Act.
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