The court of additional sessions judge Saru Mehta Kaushik has awarded ₹5 lakh compensation to a minor rape victim in Sangrur. The victim had been raped twice, once when she was 11 years old and the second time when she was 13.
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The incident had come to the fore in 2020 when the girl fell sick and revealed the ordeal to her mother. The cousin, 21, has already been convicted and awarded a 20-year jail term, said her counsel advocate Satvir Singh.