Mumbai: 25-year-old man rapes mentally challenged girl; sentenced 15 years jail by court

A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years of jail by a special court for sexually abusing a mentally challenged minor girl in 2017. the accused was charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

According to her lawyer, the incident took place on 26th August 2017 when the minor’s mother sent her to buy jaggery from a nearby shop and when she didn't return home her mother started searching her daughter and after more than 15 minutes she saw her coming out of the lane. After seeing her daughter in distraught she immediately took her home and asked her whereabouts to which her daughter narrated the whole incident that on her way to shop she was abducted in between and was sexually abused.

The girl's parents who lived in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar, approached the nearby police station to file the complaint

An associate professor of J J Hospital was among the witnesses who told the court that after conducting an IQ test the minor was found intellectually unfit. Also, the professor denied defence advocate’s suggestion that the girl will not be able to identify the accuse to this he said that the minor girl can narrate the whole incident happened with her.

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