Odisha: Youth gets 20-year RI for kidnapping, raping minor girl

Bhubaneswar: A local court in Odisha’s Balasore district on Tuesday sentenced a 19-year-old youth to 20 years rigorous imprisonment on charges of kidnapping and raping a minor girl.

Balasore special judge POCSO Ranjan Kumar Sutar convicted Sukuar Singh from Madhupuria village, under Berhampur (Nilgiri) police station limits, for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl after kidnapping her.

The victim’s parents had filed a complaint on April 7.

The court also ordered two years of rigorous imprisonment in case the convict fails to pay the fine.

Singh kidnapped the girl while she was attending an opera and held her captive at various locations in Mayurbhanj, including Udla and Kaptipada.