Man sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for assaulting his stepdaughter

Gurugram: A city court on Saturday sentenced a man to 3.5 years of rigorous imprisonment for molesting his minor stepdaughter, police said.

They said the incident took place at Tigra village in Sector 56 and a complaint was lodged at the local police station on September 21, 2020 when the victim was around 15 years old. According to police, the suspect, who belongs to Sonitpur in Assam, was arrested the next day and was later taken into custody after being produced before a court.

The Special Fast Track Court (POCSO Act) of Justice Ashwani Kumar had found the man guilty on October 10 based on the evidence and statements of witnesses. The court also imposed a global fine of ₹55,000 on the convict at the time of pronouncing the sentence.

Sunil Kumar Parmar, special public prosecutor, said the court sentenced the accused to 3.5 years of imprisonment under sections of the POCSO Act and two years of imprisonment under sections of the Indian Penal Code as he had also threatened the minor with dire consequences in In this case, she revealed the incident to anyone. “The two sentences will be concurrent,” he added.

“The convict did not pay the fine. In such circumstances, he will have to undergo simple imprisonment of six months and an additional fifteen days against the fines imposed on him,” he said.

Parmar said that as per the court order, the period of detention already served by the convict will be deducted from the total period of imprisonment imposed on him.