The owner of a petrol pump and his accomplice were arrested by the Naswadi police station in Chhota Udepur district on Friday after the driver of a fuel tanker filed a complaint of alleged abduction and extortion against them. The petrol pump owner, in turn, lodged a complaint of cheating and theft of Rs 6.51 lakh against the driver at the police station. After the cross-complaints were filed on July 11, the Naswadi police arrested petrol pump owner Harish kumar Kandani and his accomplice Dhiraj, in the complaint filed by…
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Vadodara POCSO court awards 20-year rigorous imprisonment to accused despite victim turning hostile | Ahmedabad News
A Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) court in Vadodara has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 20-year rigorous imprisonment, despite the victim and her parents turning hostile during the trial. The accused is a convict in a 2022 case of rape of his minor niece in a village on the outskirts of Vadodara city. The court — terming the victim a “tutored witness” due to her “family relation” with the accused — relied on medical evidence and “demeanor” of the accused in awarding the sentence. According to…