Man gets 4 years in jail for sexually assaulting boy in Noida

NOIDA: The additional district and sessions court has sentenced a man to four years of imprisonment under the Pocso Act for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in Noida in 2018.
The boy’s aunt had filed a complaint against Sunil Kumar, a resident of Auraiya district who was staying in Noida, in Phase 3 police station. According to her, she had invited some relatives on her daughter’s birthday on September 5, 2018.
“My nephew, (13), had also come to our place. He has a learning disability. That night, around 9pm, the family had gone to sleep when my nephew went missing,” the aunt said.
The family then launched a search in the neighbourhood and found him at Kumar’s house. “He had sexually assaulted the minor,” Neetu Bishnoi, the special public prosecutor, said.
A case was registered against him under sections 377 (unnatural offences) and 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment) of IPC and sections 7 (sexual assault) and 8 (punishment for sexual assault) of the Pocso Act. Police later arrested Kumar. Niranjan Kumar, additional district and sessions judge, acquitted the man under IPC sections 377 and 511 for lack of evidence, but convicted him under sections 7 and 8 of the Pocso Act on Monday. The court sentenced him to four years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on him.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect his privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)