Odisha court sentenced man who raped his little daughter to 25 years rigorous imprisonment

Special Public Prosecutor Pranab Kumar Panda said that under the POCSO law, special judge of Balasore court Ranjan Kumar Sutar also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the convict, failing which he would be imprisoned for another two years.

The court made the decision based on the testimony of 12 witnesses and 28 pieces of evidence. It also directed that compensation of Rs 5 lakh be paid to the victim from the district legal services authority (DLSA). The incident took place in a village in Singla district in August.

The 13-year-old boy’s mother filed a complaint against her husband, Fagu Marandi (40), at Singla police station on August 6 and was subsequently arrested. In her complaint, she stated that her daughter was raped by Marandi when she was not at home.