Anugola: A fast-track court in Odisha’s Anugola district sentenced a 23-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a girl in May last year, an official said Friday.
The Ad-hoc Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Fast Track Special Court Thursday pronounced its judgment and imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the convict, Satyabrata Mishra alias Kalia.
If he fails to pay the fine, the convict will undergo imprisonment for another year, the government counsel said.
The court directed that upon realisation of the fine amount, the entire sum will be paid to the victim.
It also directed the authorities concerned to pay Rs 7 lakh compensation to the victim under the provisions of the POCSO Act.
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The court convicted Mishra under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the government counsel said.
The convict lured the seven-year-old girl to a deserted place near their village before he committed the crime.
According to the prosecution, the incident took place May 19, 2025.
The victim’s mother lodged a complaint the next day, and the police arrested Mishra May 22.
Days before the incident, the convict had also sexually assaulted the minor.