POSCO court in Tuensang sentences man to 25 years imprisonment

DIMAPUR— Special Judge of POCSO Tuensang, Longshithung Ezung, in a judgment passed on May 22, sentenced one Berimong Yim of Kuthur village to 25 years imprisonment for kidnapping and committing rape upon a minor girl aged about five years.

“The accused was sentenced to undergo 20 (Twenty) years (R.I) for committing offence u/s 376 AB I.P.C and 6 POCSO Act and to pay a fine of INR 10,000/- and also to undergo 5 years (S.I) for committing offence u/s 363 I.P.C and to pay a fine of INR 10,000,” Addl. Public Prosecutor, Tuensang, Kenile Kent, informed in an update.

The period of sentence shall run consecutively, which shall be 25 years in total, it stated.

As per a copy of the judgment, the offence was committed between April 8, 2021 and April 9, 2021.