92 year old sentenced to 10 years in jail for raping a minor mentally unsound girl

A 92-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Saturday by a special court in Bhilwara. The man was proved guilty of raping a minor mentally-challenged girl in the year 2009.

According to Hindustan Times, a case was registered against Harlal Balai on December 18 in 2009 at Bhilwara Kotwali police station. Balai was then 84 years of age and was accused of raping a minor girl belonging to his village who used to call him ‘Baba’.

Public prosecutor Savita Sharma was quoted by the daily as saying that the girl’s parents were not at the home when Balai took advantage of the situation and sexually assaulted her. She said that the girl was not of a sound mind and could not even understand and explain what happened to her.

Sharma was further quoted as saying that it was when the girl’s parents came back home and saw her condition that they filed a police complaint.

Published on: Jun 2, 2018 at 22:48 IST

By EP Web Desk