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Youth awarded 20 years jail term for raping minor in Kaithal

Kaithal, July 31 (UNI) A special POCSO court sentenced a youth to imprisonment for 20 years for raping a minor girl in December 2023.
On December 19, 2023, accused, identified only as Sanjay, a resident of Kakot village, lured the victim from her native village after winning her confidence during their talks on phone, drove her away in a car to a hotel in another town and forcibly sexually assaulted her.
He then took the girl to the fair of Geeta Jayanti and kept her with him all night. Even at night, Sanjay again sexually assaulted her.
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