Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Ramdular Gond was convicted of raping a minor by an MP-MLA particular court docket in Sonbhadra district. The court docket will pronounce the quantum of punishment on Friday. The accused, a first-time MLA who received from the Duddhi seat in 2022, was out on bail. He has now been taken into custody.
Gond is prone to lose his Meeting membership in accordance with the Supreme Courtroom’s 2013 ruling that acknowledged that any MP or MLA who has been convicted of a criminal offense and handed a minimal two-year jail time period will stop to be an elected consultant with instant impact. Punishment below the POCSO Act often ranges between a seven-year jail time period and life imprisonment.
Advocate Vikas Shakya, the counsel of the sufferer, stated the MLA was held responsible below Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (prison intimidation) of the IPC, apart from the POCSO Act.
The survivor’s brother instructed IANS that he hoped the court docket would pronounce a jail time period of not lower than 20 years. He accused Gond of harassing the household repeatedly after turning into an MLA and was pressuring them to withdraw the case.
What Occurred On November 4, 2014
On November 4, 2014, Gond, who was not an MLA then, tried to sexually assault the minor in a village area, based on the prosecutors. Gond’s spouse was the village pradhan at the moment.
The survivor returned house after the incident and narrated it to her elder brother. The minor additionally stated the politician continued to rape her a number of instances within the previous months and threatened her, as reported by IANS.
The sufferer’s brother lodged a case towards Gond at Myorpur police station.
Throughout the trial, the prosecution claimed that the woman was born in 1998. Nevertheless, the accused produced paperwork claiming that she was born in 1994, which might make her an grownup and scale back the punishment.
The trial of the case was initially being held within the POCSO court docket. After Gond’s election as MLA, the case have been transferred to the MP-MLA court docket.