Nayagarh: In a fresh twist to the sensational Pari death case, the POCSO court Tuesday ruled that the prime accused is a minor.
The court also said that as it is proved the accused is a minor there will be no of narco-analysis test conducted on him. The court has rejected the SIT’s petition which had sought conduct of narco-analysis test on the accused.
The court’s decision relied on the evidence provided by the accused’s counsel Chandra Bijayee Mishra who submitted his birth certificate and his matriculation certificate which went on to prove that the accused hadn’t attained the age of 18 when the crime was reported, a source said.
“As per the accused’s High School certificate, his date of birth is February 6, 2003. It means, he was 17 years five months and eight days old on the day of occurrence of the crime,” Mishra had stated earlier.
Notably, SIT arrested the minor for raping and murdering fiver-year-old girl Pari. However, he was subjected to a bone ossification test Monday, which revealed that he is above 18 years of age.
The SIT team led by IPS Officer Arun Bothra December 20, 2020 arrested the youth after registering a case under section 376-A, 376-AB, 364, 302, 201 r/w Section 6 of POCSO.
PNN
