The Fast-track Special Court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Adoor on Monday sentenced a 32-year-old man to 104 years of rigorous imprisonment for abusing an eight-year-old girl, only days after sentencing him to 100-year jail term for molesting her three-and-a-half-year-old sister.
Pronouncing the quantum of sentence, Judge A. Sameer imposed a fine of ₹4.2 lakh on the convict, identified as Vinod, a native of Punnala, near Pathanapuram. The sentences shall run concurrently and in case of default in the fine payment, the convict shall serve an additional jail term of 26 months.
As per the prosecution case, the abuse took place in 2021 and 2022 at his residence near Enadimangalam.
The court, meanwhile, let off a woman who had been arraigned as the second accused after issuing her a strong warning.
During the trial, the prosecution produced 16 witnesses and 20 documents to back its argument. The court found the accused guilty under provisions of the POCSO Act as well as the Indian Penal Code. Special public prosecutor Smitha P. John appeared for the prosecution.
