Man, 50, held for sodomising boy, 12, in Mainpuri

AGRA: A 12-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a 50-year-old man in a village under the Bewar police station of Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district. The man also tried to kill the child, police said.
Following a complaint received from the victim's family members, an FIR has been registered against the accused, identified as Brahma Nand, under IPC sections 377 (unnatural offences), 307 (attempt to murder) and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Following the court orders, the accused was sent to jail.
According to the FIR, the child was playing near his house on Friday evening, when the accused persuaded him to accompany him to a nearby field. He then allegedly sodomised the child there. The man also tied a rope around the neck of the child and tried to strangulate him, the report mentioned. However, the child somehow managed to escape and run back home, and narrated the entire incident to his parents.
Bewar police station house officer Narendra Sharma said, "The medical examination of the child confirmed that he was sodomised and an attempt was made to strangulate him. On the basis of the complaint received, the accused man was arrested and has been sent to jail following the court orders. We will take the victim to court to record his statement under CrPC section 164".