Convicted of rape, driver gets 10-year jail in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: A 22-year-old driver on Monday was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment by a local court for the rape of a minor girl.
After the trial, the first additional metropolitan session’s judge court in Nampally found the driver guilty of raping the 14-year-old girl at her Saidabad house on June 20, 2017. While awarding the 10-year jail term, the judge also imposed a fine of Rs 12,000 on the convict.
“The convict also threatened the girl to not reveal about the assault to others. He was found guilty of rape and criminal intimidation and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years,” additional public prosecutor K Pratap Reddy said. The girl had informed childline workers that her mother was an alcoholic and whenever she stepped out of the house for work, the driver — who was their neighbour — would sneak into their home and rape her.
Based on a complaint, Saidabad police had arrested the accused under sections 376(2)(i) and 506 of the IPC and section 3 r/w 4 of Pocso Act.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)