{"id":35317,"date":"2014-09-25T18:08:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T12:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35317"},"modified":"2014-09-25T18:08:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T12:38:32","slug":"delhi-youth-gets-5-yrs-jail-sexually-assaulting-minor-niece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-youth-gets-5-yrs-jail-sexually-assaulting-minor-niece","title":{"rendered":"Delhi youth gets 5 yrs jail for sexually assaulting minor niece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sexually-assaulting.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35318\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-youth-gets-5-yrs-jail-sexually-assaulting-minor-niece\/sexually-assaulting\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/sexually-assaulting.jpg?fit=293%2C172&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"293,172\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sexually assaulting\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/sexually-assaulting.jpg?fit=150%2C88&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/sexually-assaulting.jpg?fit=293%2C172&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35318\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sexually-assaulting.jpg?resize=293%2C172&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"sexually assaulting\" width=\"293\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/sexually-assaulting.jpg?w=293&amp;ssl=1 293w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/sexually-assaulting.jpg?resize=150%2C88&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a>A youth has been sentenced to five year jail term for sexually assaulting his five-year-old niece by a Delhi court, which observed that there is a rise in sexual offences against women.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar sentenced 22-year-old Bobby and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on him, saying he has maligned relations and broken trust of the victim`s parents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The convict has sexually assaulted his niece in absence of her parents. Thus, I agree with the prosecutor that convict has maligned the relations and also broken the trust of the girl`s parents who had left her in the house alone in the hope that convict will look after her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Further, this kind of incident of sexual assault of girls are also increasing in the society&#8230;,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, the incident took place in December last year, when the girl`s parents had gone to market and she was alone in the house in the custody of her uncle.<\/p>\n<p>The youth took the girl in his lap, removed her clothes and sexually assaulted her, the police said, adding that he had also beaten her and pressed her neck.<\/p>\n<p>The court held Bobby guilty of the offences of aggravated sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and causing hurt under the IPC.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, Bobby said he had taken the child in his lap out of love and affection and not with any sexual intentions.<\/p>\n<p>The court, however, said he had failed to prove that he had not touched the girl with sexual intentions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A youth has been sentenced to five year jail term for sexually assaulting his five-year-old niece by a Delhi court, which observed that there is a rise in sexual offences against women. 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