Youth gets 20 yrs jail for raping minor

Jajpur, Aug 30: A youth has been sent to 20 years in jail
for raping a minor by the Jajpur District and Sessions Judge Court here on Tuesday.

District and Sessions Judge Padmacharan Dash handed down the
jail term to 22-year-old Kalindi Mallick, a resident of Daniamoda under Jajpur
police station, for raping a 15-year-old girl on September 15, 2013 when the
victim was returning to her house.

The police arrested the accused and registered Sections 376
(g) (gang-rape) of the IPC and Section 4 of the Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences Act. 

Fifteen witnesses, including the parents of the victim were
examined during the course of the trial, 
said Special Public Prosecutor Ajaya Kumar Das.