POCSO Case: Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds 20-Year Sentence for Rape of Minor
The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed an appeal and upheld the conviction of 26-year-old Shani Kumar Chauhan for abducting and repeatedly raping a minor girl, finding the victim’s testimony supported by medical and forensic evidence to be reliable. The two-judge bench Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru agreed with the trial court that…