The Court of Special Judge (POCSO) in West Garo Hills district has sentenced one Rashty A Sangma to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexual assault on a minor for one year.
The court in a verdict passed on June 27 convicted him under section 5(l)/(n)/6 of POCSO Act and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000.
A FIR was lodged in Tura Women Police Station on March 14, 2020 against the accused. The accused is also undergoing trial in another similar case which was registered in the same police station. He was charge sheeted in this case on November 21, 2021.
In another case, the Court District and Sessions Judge in Tura has sentenced one Beatbeat Ch Marak to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on charges of rape and assault on a woman.
Marak had committed the crime on October 4, 2016 when the woman had gone to collect vegetables.
The accused was charge sheeted on July 31, 2017 after investigation of the case registered in Women Police Station in Tura.
