This story is from July 25, 2014

5-yr jail for sex assault on 11-yr-old

A trial court has sentenced a coach attendant to five years imprisonment for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl on a train last year.
5-yr jail for sex assault on 11-yr-old

NEW DELHI: A trial court has sentenced a coach attendant to five years imprisonment for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl on a train last year. The court said that the convict violated the minor while the co-passengers were asleep.
"Admittedly, convict (Kumar) was working as a bed roll boy in the AC IInd class coach in Brahmputra Mail. Being the coach attendant, it was his duty not only to serve the passengers but also to protect them from danger.
Despite that, he sexually assaulted the victim, below 12 years of age, to satisfy his lust,
" Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar Jain said.
Besides the jail term, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on Kumar, a resident of Farukkhabad in Uttar Pradesh. Kumar was held guilty for the offence of aggravated sexual assault under POCSO Act.
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