Ahmedabad: A special Pocso court here on Monday sentenced a school autorickshaw driver to five years’ imprisonment for sexually harassing children while ferrying them to school.
Accused Rajkumar Rajput (55) from Vastral was booked by Ramol police under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act after parents of six children using his autorickshaw filed a complaint that he had sexually harassed the children who used to study in pre-primary and primary sections. After Rajput was found guilty, the special Pocso judge at the city sessions court, H N Desai, sentenced him to five years in jail and imposed a Rs 50,000 fine.
On payment of compensation to the victim children, the court said, “The victims did not suffer damage mentally or physically, and it did not come on record that the victims have taken any treatment for the same. There is no evidence on record that the victims have taken any medical treatment or treatment from any psychologist or psychiatric doctor. So, on going through the evidence on record of the case, no order for compensation to the victims is passed in this case. However, the fine imposed upon the accused, as stated above, shall be awarded to all the victims in equal proportion.”