The court ordered him to pay Rs 10,000 with an additional two months of imprisonment in case of default.
Hyderabad: A 24-year-old man named Mohd. Idrees was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy in 2019. The fast-track special judge, M. K Padmavathi of Rangareddy district court, on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on him.
Idrees was found guilty under Section 377 of the IPC and Sections 7 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.
The court ordered him to pay Rs 10,000 with an additional two months of imprisonment in case of default. He received a separate sentence of five years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 for the POCSO Act violation with a further one month of imprisonment in case of failure of payment. Both sentences will run concurrently.
The court also directed the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to
provide a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the victim on account of his physical and mental suffering.
The incident took place in October 2019 when the boy was playing with his sister in front of their house. The victim’s mother filed a complaint alleging that Mohd. Idrees, their neighbor, had taken her son to his room and forcefully committed the sexual assault. Medical reports and supporting evidence had found him guilty.
