Rajasthan: Maulvi gets life imprisonment in POCSO court for raping 6-year-old

The minor had been attending Urdu tuitions with other students at the Madarsa when, on November 13, the Maulvi asked her to wait after the class and assualted her.

NewsBharati    11-May-2022 12:52:11 PM
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Kota, May 11: A POCSO court in Kota, sentenced a 43-year-old Urdu teacher to life term in jail for raping a six-year-old girl at a madrassa in Kotsuwa village last November. The court also slapped a penalty of Rs 1 lakh on Abdul Rahim.

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The case of the sexual abuse of the minor dates back to November 2021. Maulvi Abdul Rahim, a resident of Rampura, Kota was an Urdu teacher and had arrived in Kotsuwa, the village of the victim minor to teach Urdu at the Madarsa.
 
 
The minor had been attending Urdu tuitions with other students at the Madarsa. On November 13, the Maulvi asked her to wait after the class and assualted her.

The matter came to light when the girl reached home in the evening with tears in her eyes. The family lodged an official complaint against the Maulvi. Reportedly, an FIR was registered at Degod Police station and the Maulvi was arrested.
 
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The Police carried out the medical and DNA tests and confirmed that the Maulvi had raped the girl. They charged the Maulvi under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 5(f)(m)/6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The Police also filed the charge sheet against the accused within a month.