In an unmatched action, numerous courts in Gujarat’s Amreli, Vadodara and Rajkot have actually punished 7 rapists to life jail time on a solitary day in POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) instances.
Minister of State for Home Affairs, Harsh Sanghvi, mentioned that the state federal government would certainly remain to take most strict activity versus the wrongdoers of rape and comparable criminal activities.
He included that Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has actually advised authorities to bring full control over events of wrongs, exploitation, and rape versus ladies and youngsters in the state.
Harsh Sanghvi has actually purchased the Gujarat Police to prepare a solid instance with strong proof to make sure that the charged are penalized badly, with unique level of sensitivity and take care of the sufferers of such criminal activities.
Harsh Sanghvi stated, “The Gujarat Police is moving firmly in the same direction, the result of which can be seen in the strict punishment verdicts given to the accused. On a single day, dated February 25, 2025, the esteemed courts gave seven important verdicts in the POCSO case in the Amreli, Vadodara and Rajkot districts. In which seven rapists were sentenced to life imprisonment, seven different victims from Amreli, Vadodara and Rajkot have got justice.”
He additionally stated that based upon the thorough examination performed by Amreli, Vadodara and Rajkot city and Rajkot country cops in various significant instances of rape of minors-POCSO, accumulated technological and various other proof, efficient disagreements of the federal government district attorney and forensic scientific research lab (FSL) record, all 7 charged have actually been punished to life jail time in 7 various POCSO events.
“In two cases in Amreli, the chargesheets were filed within 17 days of the arrest of the accused and in the third case, the police arrested the accused on the same day. While in the rape with murder case in Rajkot city, the police filed the chargesheet within 40 days. On the other hand, the Rajkot rural police arrested the accused on the day of the incident in the Patanvav case and filed the chargesheets in the Bhayavadar case within 7 days,” he additionally stated.
Harsh Sanghvi praised all the policemans and workers of the cops group checking out these 7 instances of Amreli, Vadodara and Rajkot areas and stated that the state federal government will certainly remain to take the most strict activity versus such criminal activities to offer justice to the sufferers.
Under the management of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the courts in Gujarat have actually provided 947 decisions in POCSO instances in the previous 3 years, with 574 people punished to life jail time and 11 to fatality.
