Pages

Friday, June 27, 2014

Teen charged with sexual assault of 15 yr old

GANGTOK, 26 Jun: A case under section 376 [punishment for rape] of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 was registered at Namchi Police Station on 25 June against an 18-year-old boy, a resident of Chamarchi, Jalpaiguri [WB], currently residing in Namthang, on charges of having sexually assaulted a 15 year old girl.
As per the FIR, the victim was reported missing from her home at Kaluk on 22 June at around 3.30 pm. A thorough search was conducted but she could not be traced out.
On 25 June, the victim's father received information that his daughter was seen at Namthang. Accordingly, the girl was recovered from Namthang with the accused. She disclosed to her mother that she was sexually assaulted by the accused. The victim was medically examined at Namchi District Hospital and then hand over to her legal guardian.

The accused has been sent to the Juvenile Observation Home at Gangtok. The case is under investigation.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Readers are invited to comment on, criticise, run down, even appreciate if they like something in this blog. Comments carrying abusive/ indecorous language and personal attacks, except when against the people working on this blog, will be deleted. It will be exciting for all to enjoy some earnest debates on this blog...