Varanasi: A Pocso court in Varanasi awarded 20 years rigorous imprisonment to a tuition teacher for sexually assaulting his 12-year girl student.
Delivering the judgment on Wednesday, special judge Nitin Pandey also slapped a fine of Rs 1,53,000 on the convict Mukesh Srivastava, 28 and said 80% of the compensation would be paid to the survivor. In his 83-page order, the judge held Srivastava guilty under Sections 65(2) (committing rape on a female under 12 years of age), 75 (sexual harassment) and 127 (wrongful confinement) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and sections 5M/6 and 9M/10 of the Pocso Act . On Sept 22, 2024, the accused called her home on the pretext of completing a computer course, took her to an upper room, locked the door and sexually assaulted her.
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The girl took tuitions from Srivastava at his home in Jaitpura area of Varanasi, according to special public prosecutor SK Singh. The prosecution examined nine witnesses and relied on medical evidence and documentary records. Download the TOI App.
Quoting the Sanskrit shloka “Gurudevo na par tatva, gurudevo na par gyan” (There is no supreme reality or essence (tatva) higher than Guru nor there is no supreme knowledge or wisdom greater than what is received from guru), the court observed that a teacher is expected to guide and protect a student, but the convict betrayed that trust.