Patna, Feb 25; A couple has been sentenced to death by a court in Uttar Pradesh after being convicted in a case of sexual assault of 33 children, some of them as young as three years old.
The landmark verdict came from the court of a special judge for the POCSO Act in UP's Banda.
The accused, Rambhawan and wife Durgawati, were convicted under several sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
They include unnatural offences, aggravated penetrative sexual offences, child pornography, and criminal conspiracy, among others. The court ordered the government to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to every survivor.
In addition to this, any money recovered from the house of the accused should be distributed equally among the survivors, the court said.
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