Court sentences tutor to five years’ jail for misconduct with minor

A peculiar tribunal for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) cases successful Hyderabad sentenced a 23-year-old Arabic tuition teacher to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment for misbehaving with an eight-year-old girl. The tribunal besides imposed a good of ₹5,000 and directed the outgo of ₹1 lakh arsenic compensation to the victim.

The accused, Abdul Qayyum, a nonmigratory of G.M. Colony successful Chandrayangutta and a autochthonal of Madhubani territory of Bihar, was convicted successful a 2019 lawsuit registered astatine Chandrayangutta constabulary station.