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On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 6:13 PM Kanchan Pamnani <[email protected]> wrote: > India blind football ex-captain gets 10- yr jail for minor’s rape > [email protected] Dehradun : A local court in Uttarkashi has > sentenced former Indian blind football team captain, Pankaj Rana, to 10 > years in jail after the golden boot winner was found guilty of abducting > and raping a minor girl in 2021. The court of district and sessions judge > pronounced Rana, now 23 and currently captain of the Uttarakhand blind > football team, guilty on the basis of medical reports though the girl > turned hostile during trial. The doctor who had examined the girl said that > the “hymen was torn and the scientific forensic lab report stated that > Rana’s DNA samples were matched with those from the victim’s clothes and > vaginal swab”. Rana, who captained the blind football team twice, had > represented the country from 2015 to 2020 in international tournaments for > visually-challenged players. He won the golden boot at the All India Blind > Football Tournament as a teenager in 2017. While sentencing on Friday, the > court noted that since Rana is blind in both eyes, there must be some > coaccused who helped him in abducting the girl from her village to a hotel > and then to his sister’s house from where she was rescued. “But, no > evidence was produced or examined,” the court added. The court denied > compensation to the survivor since she turned hostile. It further stated > that even if it is assumed that she had accompanied the accused on her own, > no benefit of doubt under the Pocso Act can be given to the accused as she > was a minor—17 years and six months—at the time of the purported crime. > Special prosecuting officer, Poonam Singh, said the crime took place on > July 30, 2021, and FIR under sections 363 (abduction), 376 (rape) of the > IPC and sections of the Pocso Act was registered the next day by the girl’s > brother. Rana was arrested and sent to jail on August 9. He got bail on > December 10, 2021. Referring to the crime,Singh said, “She had gone out to > get fodder, but did not return home. Later, the police rescued her from the > house of Rana’s married sister on August 9. ” In her statement recorded > before the magistrate under section 164 CrPC, the girl had said that about > three months prior to the crime, she came to know of Rana through her > friend and they “used to speak on the phone”. She said that on July 30, he > came in a car, possibly accompanied by a driver—and took her to Kharadi > saying that he wanted to marry her. After spending the night in a hotel > there, he then took her to his sister’s place in Trikahli where “he > forcibly had physical relations with her several times”. Singh added, “But > during cross-examination, the girl turned hostile and told the court that > he had never kidnapped her, nor had he made any physical relations with > her. ” > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/04e901d9872b%243c468ba0%24b4d3a2e0%24%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/04e901d9872b%243c468ba0%24b4d3a2e0%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CACWfMNds4%3DM7i%2BPCMZq1Dg5BnC7xEihfXe%3D%2B%3DEzicaURYahGTw%40mail.gmail.com.
