Ahmedabad: A Gandhinagar special Pocso court sentenced Bharat Goswami to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for establishing sexual relationship with a minor after marrying. The accused had forged documents to alter the girl’s date of birth.Two other accused persons were awarded two-year jail terms for helping Goswami forge documents like Aadhaar card and school leaving certificate for marriage registration.According to additional public prosecutor S S Pandya, the victim was just 15 years and 10 months old at the time of offence in April 2024. Despite knowing that she was a minor, Goswami allegedly established physical relationship with her. He subsequently conspired with two others, Vanrajsinh Rathod and Surendrasinh Vaghela, to forge documents to alter the girl’s date of birth.The prosecution submitted that Goswami lured the girl and kept her at Porda village and established sexual relations with her.After the trial, additional sessions judge S V Sharma found all three accused guilty, and punished them with various jail terms.The court also ordered the legal services authority to pay Rs 4 lakh in compensation to the victim under the Victim Compensation Scheme.
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