Bihar: Patna school principal gets death sentence for repeatedly raping 11-year-old student

A DNA test was conducted in which it was confirmed that the principal had sexually exploited her for months and made her pregnant

A special court in Bihar has awarded death sentence to a private school principal for raping an 11-year-old girl, a student of Class V of the same school.

The order was passed by Additional District Judge (ADJ) in Patna, Awadhesh Kumar, who also sentenced the principal Arvind Kumar’s associate Abhishek Kumar (29) life-term for his complicity in the crime. Besides, the court also slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 on the principal and the teacher (Abhishek) respectively.

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The incident came to light in November 2018 when the girl, after returning from school, started vomiting. When the victim’s mother took her to the doctor, she was informed that the minor girl was pregnant as she had been repeatedly raped by the school principal for six consecutive months. The teacher Abhishek Kumar was also involved in the incident as it was he, who made a video of the act and used to blackmail the minor.

Shocked and traumatised, the victim’s mother lodged an FIR against the principal and the teacher at the woman’s police station in the State Capital under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

Eventually, the principal and the teacher were arrested. A DNA test was conducted in which it was confirmed that Arvind had sexually exploited her for months and made her pregnant.

“Considering the nature of this case against the main accused Arvind Kumar, who has committed rape with the victim, I am unable to impose the sentence less than capital punishment,” the judge observed in his order on Monday.