JAMMU, Dec 1: Principal Sessions Judge Ganderbal Abdul Nashir today awarded life imprisonment to "Bihari Carpenter" Virender Thakur for committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a five year old girl at Shadipora, terming the crime one that “shakes the conscience of society”.
The court held Thakur guilty under Section 6 of the POCSO Act and Sections 342 and 506 of the IPC on a chargesheet arising out of FIR No. 267/2023 registered at Police Station Ganderbal, while dropping Section 511 IPC and Sections 7/8 POCSO during investigation for lack of evidence.
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