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Chandigarh youth convicted of raping 17-year-old girl
The convict, Rohit, was booked on the complaint of the 17-year-old girl, who lives in his neighbourhood in Chandigarh with her family
A special POCSO court has held a 21-year-old Chandigarh resident guilty of raping a minor girl in March 2020.
The convict, Rohit, was booked on the complaint of the 17-year-old girl, who lives in his neighbourhood with her family.
She has studied till Class 9 from a government school in Chandigarh.
She told the police that on March 8, 2020, she went to the roof of her house for some chores, when Rohit came there and raped her.
As she raised the alarm, her mother rushed to her aid and in the meantime, Rohit fled from the spot. On her complaint, he was booked under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 (penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at the Sector 26 police station on March 9, 2020. Charges were framed a year later in March 2021.