A Court in Datia, Madhya Pradesh has awarded life imprisonment till death to a twenty-four-year-old man for raping of a six-year-old girl in one of the fastest trials that lasted only three days.

The convicted, a resident of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, has been prosecuted for raping a minor girl under 12 years of age and for abducting her under sections of Indian Penal Code along with various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The minor girl was raped by the twenty-four-year-old when she had gone to attend the marriage of a relative. The accused lured the six-year-old-girl with flowers and took her to a nearby government school and raped her. The parents of the girl found her in a semi-conscious state and immediately took her to the hospital. Thereafter, the local Police were reported about the issue and the accused was arrested within 24 hours of the incident.

The District Prosecution Officer, Datia, Madhya Pradesh, while commenting on the issue, has said that this was one of the fastest trials ever conducted and the judgment was pronounced on the basis of statements of seventeen witnesses and a senior medical officer.