Immunity for serious offences: Case- Forcible, Verdict- Two years imprisonment for child marriage

The Public Prosecutor's Office is preparing to appeal to the High Court saying that the verdict is flawed.

Bhadra 5, 2082

Kamlesh Thakur

Immunity for serious offences: Case- Forcible, Verdict- Two years imprisonment for child marriage

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The victim girl and her family are worried after the verdict in the rape case entered in the Mahottari district court was child marriage.

Based on the complaint of the victim, the public prosecutor also registered the charge sheet of extortion in the district court . According to the court's verdict, Ankesh Kumar Yadav of the village, who forced her to get pregnant by Lalife, is worried about getting acquitted.

'Who took my everything . Ruined my life, now he will walk freely,' she said, 'but I said I should cover my face and walk.' I feel that the court has done injustice to me, not justice.'

The financially weak girl used to work at Ankesh's house in Ashok Tol, Mahottari Balwa Municipality-8 Dhamura. Not only him, his three generations were working in Ankesh's house and working in agriculture. According to the

victim, Ankesh made a love proposal around the year 2078. At that time, the girl was 14 years old and Ankesh was 21 years old. A few days after the love proposal, the girl says that Ankesh absconded after taking her to India and raping her.

A teenage girl, who was pregnant due to Ankesh's rape, gave birth to a child in the provincial hospital Janakpurdham on 11th October 2019. Now her child is two years old. However, the court rejected the case of coercion and ruled that only a partial claim would be reached. 

District Court Chief Judge Madan Bahadur Dhami's bench sentenced Ankesh to two years imprisonment. Dipendra Kumar Das, Information Officer of the District Public Prosecutor's Office, Mahottari, said that the decision of the district is not satisfactory and they are preparing to appeal. "We filed a case of coercion." But it has come to the judgment that the claim was not made,'' he said, 'this judgment is flawed.' We will appeal .'

The teenager claimed that the judgment was passed without informing her and in absentia.  The victim says that no agency has informed him about the final decision. He  Court staff  She also accused herself of cheating. "I used to go to the court again and again to find out when my payee is due," she said emotionally, "but I was told that the payee is due on June 1st, later I found out that the decision has already been made on May 25th."

Mahottari District Court's  Srestedar Nutan Jha gave decision to both parties according to the procedure  She claimed to be . He said that in the case of the defendant, he is in custody for pre-trial detention and the letter has also been sent there. He claims that the letter from the public prosecutor has also been sent. She said that she should come to the court and get information about the continuous payment postponement on behalf of the defendant. 

District Public Prosecutor's Office registered a case of coercion in Mahottari District Court on 31st Baisakh 2081 . Ankesh had already got the needle when the girl was preparing to file a complaint. Based on the same information, Ankesh married someone else on 26th January 2080 in Dhanusha District Court. In the first hearing of the

case, Judge Navraj Dulal's bench ordered Ankesh to be sent for preliminary investigation. was . Ankesh was in pretrial detention for a year. This  In the case seven times postponed on behalf of Ankesh  was . It is alleged by the victim that the decision was made after moving the case several times to suit himself . 

According to the Criminal Code Act 2074, it is said that if someone commits or arranges a child marriage, the marriage will automatically be annulled . It is mentioned in the code that a marriage before the age of 20 will be annulled. It is mentioned that those who commit the crime of child marriage will be imprisoned for a maximum of three years and fined up to 30,000. This  According to the law, Ankit was imprisoned for only two years and the government said that they will appeal to the High Court because the action was flawed.

Kamlesh

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