{"id":42631,"date":"2016-04-22T07:03:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T01:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42631"},"modified":"2016-04-22T07:03:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T01:33:42","slug":"man-gets-10-yr-jail-sexual-assault-5-yr-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-gets-10-yr-jail-sexual-assault-5-yr-old-girl","title":{"rendered":"Man gets 10-yr jail for sexual assault on 5-yr old girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39176\" style=\"width: 299px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/posco-act.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39176\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-upholds-conviction-of-man-under-pocso-act-for-abusing-minor\/posco-act\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/posco-act.png?fit=299%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"299,169\" 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=\"posco act\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/posco-act.png?fit=299%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-39176 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/posco-act.png?resize=299%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Man gets 10-yr jail for sexual assault on 5-yr old girl\" width=\"299\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Man gets 10-yr jail for sexual assault on 5-yr old girl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 48-year old sanitary inspector has been sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a court here for sexual assault on a girl child in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Mahila court judge R Vijayakumari yesterday awarded the sentence to Sengottaiyan under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, the accused had lured the five-year-old girl, his neighbour, by offering chocolate and sexually assaulted her at his house in Kalvadangam village in February 2013.<\/p>\n<p>On a complaint from the girl&#8217;s parents, Theyyur police had registered a case against Sengottaiyan under POCSO and arrested him.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 48-year old sanitary inspector has been sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a court here for sexual assault on a girl child in 2013. 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