Araria POCSO court in Bihar reportedly became the court to give the fastest verdict in India. The trial with witnesses arguments, counter-arguments, conviction of the accused was done and then the verdict was also given in a day.
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The landmark incident came to light when the order sheet became available on Friday. The hearing took place on October 4, 2021. POCSO special judge Shashi Kant Rai gave life-term punishment to the convict in the case and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000. The survivor in the case, an eight-year-old girl, who was raped by the convict was paid Rs 7 lakh compensation from the Victim Compensation Fund. The girl had been raped on July 22 and the FIR in the case was filed on July 23.
The Directorate of Prosecution, Home Department of Bihar government said in a press note, "This is perhaps the first case in which punishment has been given in a single day of trial. Before it, in Datia (MP) district, a court had delivered a verdict after three days of trial on 8 August, 2018. Bihar has now made a national record by conducting trial in a single day by giving life sentence to the convict till his last breath."
The 20-page long order added, "On the close scrutiny of her entire testimonies, it is evident that the IO has well proved the place of occurrence and no defect in the investigation was pointed by the accused. The defect as pointed out is not material one. The defence did not dispute the place of occurrence and the place where the incident of the rape was committed."
According to a report by Indian Express, Shyamlal Yadav, the public prosecutor in the case said, "After filing of FIR on July 23, charges were framed for rape under IPC and POCSO Act sections on September 24. The case was supervised by Araria women police station in-charge Rita Kumari."
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