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Odisha: Youth gets 10-year rigorous imprisonment for rape

The court further recommended the District Legal Service Authority (DLSA), Mayurbhanj provide Rs 4 lakh compensation to the rape survivor.

Published: 23rd April 2023 09:01 AM  |   Last Updated: 23rd April 2023 09:01 AM   |  A+A A-

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By Express News Service

BARIPADA: Additional district and sessions judge-cum-presiding officer of Special Court under POCSO Act, Baripada, Sumita Jena on Saturday sentenced a youth to 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a minor in 2016.

The convict is 27-year-old Jogendra Marndi of Mahalibasa village within Khunta police limits. A fine of Rs 5,000 was also imposed on Marndi. The court further recommended the District Legal Service Authority (DLSA), Mayurbhanj provide Rs 4 lakh compensation to the rape survivor.

Marndi had raped the minor on September 12, 2016, when she had gone near Arikula River to graze goats. On receiving a complaint from her parents the next day, police registered a case and arrested the accused.

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