PALANPUR: A quick-track court docket in Himmatnagar on Thursday sentenced a local of Bihar to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a 14-month-old lady in Dhundhar village, the crime which had sparked a wave of attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants across Gujarat remaining yr.
Judge KB Gujarathi convicted Ravindra Soliya Saha, the 20-year-old labourer in a ceramic unit, who had preyed at the infant on September 28 remaining yr. Soliya used to be convicted for rape and other sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso).
On September 28, Ravindra, a labourer in Anupam Ceramics, had picked up the woman from outside the tea stall run by her grandparents. He took the woman at the pretext of playing together with her. However, he sexually assaulted the 14-month-old and dumped her in a near-by box. Soliya used to be a common customer to the tea stall and knew the circle of relatives neatly. Some other people discovered her crying in the box and rushed her to the medical institution. Dhundhar is round 17 km from Himmatnagar.
Saha used to be arrested, however the crime caused attacks at the migrants running in factories in several districts including Sabarkantha, Banaskantha, Patan, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Vadodara. The violence that lasted for over a week led to an enormous exodus of migrant staff from Gujarat and had an echo at the nationwide degree too. Several distinguished politicians from north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar had appealed to the Gujarat chief minister to take steps to test attack on migrants. At many puts, Alpesh Thakor-led Kshatriya Thakor Sena additionally led the protests in opposition to the migrants.
Police had arrested loads of other people for attacking other people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
On October 12, the Gujarat high court docket had arrange a fast-track court docket to behavior a rapid trial into the case. Gambhoi police, the place the offence used to be lodged, had filed a chargesheet working into nearly 100 pages.
Special prosecutor Rashmikant Pandya said that they had sought demise penalty for the rapist.
When the judge requested Saha if he wanted to mention anything, he handiest saved mum.
Judge KB Gujarathi convicted Ravindra Soliya Saha, the 20-year-old labourer in a ceramic unit, who had preyed at the infant on September 28 remaining yr. Soliya used to be convicted for rape and other sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso).
On September 28, Ravindra, a labourer in Anupam Ceramics, had picked up the woman from outside the tea stall run by her grandparents. He took the woman at the pretext of playing together with her. However, he sexually assaulted the 14-month-old and dumped her in a near-by box. Soliya used to be a common customer to the tea stall and knew the circle of relatives neatly. Some other people discovered her crying in the box and rushed her to the medical institution. Dhundhar is round 17 km from Himmatnagar.
Saha used to be arrested, however the crime caused attacks at the migrants running in factories in several districts including Sabarkantha, Banaskantha, Patan, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Vadodara. The violence that lasted for over a week led to an enormous exodus of migrant staff from Gujarat and had an echo at the nationwide degree too. Several distinguished politicians from north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar had appealed to the Gujarat chief minister to take steps to test attack on migrants. At many puts, Alpesh Thakor-led Kshatriya Thakor Sena additionally led the protests in opposition to the migrants.
Police had arrested loads of other people for attacking other people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
On October 12, the Gujarat high court docket had arrange a fast-track court docket to behavior a rapid trial into the case. Gambhoi police, the place the offence used to be lodged, had filed a chargesheet working into nearly 100 pages.
Special prosecutor Rashmikant Pandya said that they had sought demise penalty for the rapist.
When the judge requested Saha if he wanted to mention anything, he handiest saved mum.
14-mnth-old girl’s rapist jailed for 20 yrs
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