TV
A court in Odisha on Monday sentenced three persons to life imprisonment after convicting them of burning a 13-year-old girl to death in Mayurbhanj district.
The judgment was pronounced by Mayurbhanj District Fast Track Court Judge Santosh Kumar Nayak.
According to the prosecution, the incident took place at Dolipada village under the jurisdiction of Sarat Police Station on March 26, 2017.
They had set a house with a thatched roof on fire. At that time the girl, a student of class 5, was in it and she was studying. She died on the spot.
Police registered a murder case and arrested three accused.
The judgment was based on the statements of 35 witnesses and medical reports, the Special Public Prosecutor Manoranjan Pattnaik said.
The convicted persons were identified as Chakradhar Nayak (51), his wife Anima Bal (47) and his servant Chintamani Biswal (70), the Special Public Prosecutor said.
Earlier today, a court in Mayurbhanj district sentenced a man to 20 years’ imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl in 2020.
The judgment was pronounced by Special POSCO Court Judge Pratima Patra, after examining the statements of the minor, 17 witnesses and medical reports, said Special Public Prosecutor Abhinna Kumar Pattnaik.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict, and directed the Mayurbhanj District Legal Services Authority to pay a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the victim, Pattnaik said.
The crime took place on October 9, 2020 when the girl was playing alone near her house at Thakuranibeda village in Rairangpur area.
The mother of the minor had subsequently lodged an FIR at Rairangpur Town Police Station.
