A Delhi court has sentenced a 57-year-old man to two years in jail for outraging the modesty of a six-year-old girl in 2010, saying crime against women should be strictly dealt with.
Metropolitan Magistrate Shefali Barnala Tandon while sentencing Anil Prakash, also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him and directed him to pay a compensation of Rs 30,000 to the girl.
"The victim was of the age of 6 years at the time of commission of the offence... I am not inclined to give benefit of probation to the convict as this is a crime against woman, which should be strictly dealt with," the court said.
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According to the complaint filed by the minor's mother, the girl was found missing from her home near Shalimar Bagh in northwest Delhi on August 12, 2010 and upon searching, she was found in Prakash's room.
It said that when confronted, Prakash threatened the woman asking her not to disclose the incident to anyone and fled on his bike.
During the trial, the man, a resident of Jahangir Puri, denied the allegations and claimed that he was implicated in the case as there were some issues related to financial transactions between him and the girl's father.
The court said the prosecution version corroborated by medical evidence, witnesses and chain of circumstances was complete which left no iota of doubt regarding the guilt of the man.
The court also allowed the convict's plea to suspend his sentence for a month and granted bail to enable him to file an appeal against the judgement.
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