Jaipur (Rajasthan), Oct 6: A local
court in Jaipur court on Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 20 years in
jail for raping a nine-year-old girl. The judge while delivering his judgment imposed
punishment within nine days of the commission of the crime.
Hailing the judgment, law veterans
and experts said that setting a benchmark mark on the swiftness of the delivery
of the verdict also enhances the deterrence value of the punishment since the
special POCSO court decided the case within five working days and convicted the
accused. The court also imposed a penalty of ₹ 2 lakh on convict Kamlesh Meena.
In a departure from old court
practice, the judge delivered this landmark order within five working days of
the filing of challan, which was submitted to the court within 18 hours of the
registration of the case, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Jaipur South) Harendra
Kumar said.
He said POCSO court number 3 of
Jaipur Metropolitan City sentenced Meena to 20 years in jail for raping a minor
girl on September 26 evening.
The case was registered with Kotkhawda
Police Station under relevant sections of IPC and POCSO on the night
intervening September 26 and 27 and the accused was arrested early in the
morning the next day.
A senior police official said that
the charge sheet against the accused was filed within 18 hours of the
registration of the case. The court completed the trial within five working
days and pronounced the judgment on Tuesday.
Taking note of the seriousness of the crime, more than 150 policemen were engaged and different teams were given different tasks and due to the collective efforts, the charge sheet was filed in such a short time, the official said.