<p class="title">A city court has sentenced a 17-year-old youth to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl, who was his friend.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jimut Bahan Biswas, additional sessions judge at Sealdah court here, sentenced the youth under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on him, 90 per cent of which will be paid to the girl as compensation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Juveniles aged 16 years and above are tried under laws for adults for heinous crimes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In default of payment of the fine, the youth will have to undergo rigorous imprisonment for another year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court, in its order on Tuesday, also directed the West Bengal government to pay Rs 5 lakh to the 16-year-old girl from the victim compensation fund.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The girl had fallen ill in February and was taken to state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. On examination, she was found to be pregnant, special public prosecutor Vivek Kumar Sharma told the court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She disclosed to her parents that her friend had forced her to have sex with him after promising her marriage.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An FIR was lodged in the case at Ultadanga police station on March 3.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the complaint, the youth had come to the residence of the girl when her parents were not at home and since they shared a good relationship, she offered him food.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The youth then forced the girl to have sex with him taking advantage of her parents' absence, Sharma submitted before the court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court, after examining 10 witnesses and hearing both sides, found the youth guilty. </p>
<p class="title">A city court has sentenced a 17-year-old youth to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl, who was his friend.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jimut Bahan Biswas, additional sessions judge at Sealdah court here, sentenced the youth under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on him, 90 per cent of which will be paid to the girl as compensation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Juveniles aged 16 years and above are tried under laws for adults for heinous crimes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In default of payment of the fine, the youth will have to undergo rigorous imprisonment for another year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court, in its order on Tuesday, also directed the West Bengal government to pay Rs 5 lakh to the 16-year-old girl from the victim compensation fund.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The girl had fallen ill in February and was taken to state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. On examination, she was found to be pregnant, special public prosecutor Vivek Kumar Sharma told the court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She disclosed to her parents that her friend had forced her to have sex with him after promising her marriage.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An FIR was lodged in the case at Ultadanga police station on March 3.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the complaint, the youth had come to the residence of the girl when her parents were not at home and since they shared a good relationship, she offered him food.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The youth then forced the girl to have sex with him taking advantage of her parents' absence, Sharma submitted before the court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court, after examining 10 witnesses and hearing both sides, found the youth guilty. </p>