A suspect in the rape case of a minor girl was tried, heard, convicted and sentenced to a life term in prison by a POCSO court in Araria district in a single day’s proceedings, reportedly setting a new record and benchmark for speedy trials in a country besieged with pendency of cases in courts. The judge, Shashikant Ray, also directed the convict to pay Rs 7 lakh as compensation for the girl’s rehabilitation.
The order was passed on October 4.
According to legal experts, the case in Araria was the speediest trial of a rape case in the country. Special public prosecutor (Pocso) Shyamlal Yadav said on Friday that it beat the record of a court in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia district that wrapped up in three days a rape trial in August 2018.
Police sources said the Araria case was registered on July 23 this year and cops completed the investigation and submitted the charge-sheet in the Pocso court on September 18. The court framed charges against the accused on September 20 and directed police to produce prosecution witnesses and the SHO of Araria Mahila Thana on October 4.
The SHO produced all the 10 witnesses, their statements were recorded, cross-examinations were done, and arguments from both parties were presented that very day, and the court convicted the man and awarded him a life sentence with a Rs 7-lakh penalty. The entire process took one day.
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