Srinagar– A trial courtroom in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara on Wednesday sentenced a person to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old woman in 2016.
The courtroom of Further Classes Decide Handwara Umi Kulsoom convicted 26-year-old Showkat Ahmad Seer and imposed a tremendous of Rs 50,000 on him.
Whereas sentencing the convict, the choose noticed that the convict, who on the time of the crime was 18 years previous, shattered the dignity of the woman she has to bear the burden of the act dedicated by the convict all through her life.
“The bodily scar could have healed up, however the psychological/emotional scar will at all times stay. When a lady is ravished, what’s inflicted just isn’t merely bodily damage however the deep sense of some deathless disgrace. Baby sexual abuse is a severe and heinous offence towards the society and humanity,” the courtroom mentioned.
Whereas refusing the defence plea for leniency, the courtroom mentioned, “To indicate mercy in a baby sexual abuse case can be a travesty of justice. The socio-economic standing of the convict in little one sexual abuse case just isn’t a related consideration in awarding punishment.”
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