Uttar Pradesh. (29:04): The police had initially registered the case under ‘lesser’ sections like wrongful confinement and intentionally causing hurt, as alleged by his family. However, after the victim’s statement was recorded before a magistrate under Section 164 of the CrPC, sections related to rape along with the POCSO Act were added to the FIR.
A case that shames humanity has come to light from Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, where a 17-year-old girl was held hostage for three days and sexually assaulted. The police have arrested the accused youth. The girl had rejected the boy’s repeated marriage proposals, after which he got angry and committed this crime. Police said that the young man crossed the limits of barbarity and wrote his name on the girl’s face by heating an iron rod. The accused has beaten the girl badly. According to the police, the accused is a 22-year-old school dropout who works in a salon in Hyderabad.
According to a Times of India report, the police had initially registered the case under ‘lesser’ sections like wrongful confinement and intentionally causing hurt, as alleged by his family. However, after the victim’s statement was recorded before a magistrate under Section 164 of the CrPC, sections related to rape along with the POCSO Act were added to the FIR. Dinesh Singh, SHO of Dhaurahara police station, said, “Since she did not have any ID, we were not sure whether she was a minor or not. We have now added IPC sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by using a dangerous weapon) and 376 (rape) with the POCSO Act.
Refuting the allegations of the victim’s family, SSP (Kheri) Ganesh Saha said, “We have filed an FIR based on the complaint of her family. The girl’s video statement was recorded, in which she did not make such serious allegations. We don’t know why he changed his statement in court. However, we have now started our investigation as per his allegations. Accused has been arrested. ‘(agency)
