SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Dec 19: The Dhanbad POCSO Court has awarded 25 years’ jail sentence to a coaching centre teacher accused of raping a minor and making the video of the crime viral.
The POCSO Court special judge, Prabhakar Singh, while delivering the judgement also slapped a penalty of Rs 12,000 on the accused teacher identified as Shahrukh Ali, a resident of Purana Bazar under the Bank More police station.
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The court held the accused guilty on Saturday (December 16) and announced the quantum of punishment today. The trial has been completed in a record three months.
The FIR was lodged on July 6 by the father of the victim girl. The girl was studying in the coaching centre of the accused teacher who raped her and made a video of the crime to exploit her. On September 18, police filed a charge sheet in the court. A total of eight witnesses were cross-examined during the trial.
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