Surat: 22-yr-old convicted for minor’s rape

SURAT: A sessions court in Surat convicted a 22-year-old youth to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in May 2019 at a deserted place on Amroli-Sayan Road.
The court of additional sessions judge P S Kala also fined the convict Ranjit alias Anshukumar Gurjar Rs 8,000 and ordered a compensation of Rs 7 lakh for the 17-year-old rape survivor. “There were several evidences against the convict which were upheld by the court and the girl too identified him during the trial. The court also took into consideration that the convict has a criminal behaviour,” said additional public prosecutor Kishore Revalia. He added that in the past too Gurjar was booked for petty crimes.
According to the details of the case, Gurjar had abducted the girl under the pretext of taking her back to her uncle’s house. Gurjar told the girl that her sister-in-law was calling her and he was asked to bring the girl back. But instead of taking her back to her uncle’s home, Gurjar took the girl to Amroli-Sayan Road where he raped her.
After Gurjar dropped her back at her maternal uncle’s home, the girl did not say anything as she had been threatened with dire consequences by the convict. However, a couple of days later when she became ill, she told her maternal uncle about the crime. The girl’s parents, who hail from Uttar Pradesh, lodged a complaint of rape, abduction and violation of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Amroli police station following which Gurjar was arrested.