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Kurseong school Principal jailed for raping student

Kurseong school Principal jailed for raping student

Vivek Chhetri, TT, Darjeeling, May 2: Pradip Pradhan, 48, the owner and principal of an English medium school in Garidhura, Kurseong, was today sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court here for raping his student. 
Pranay Rai, public prosecutor, said: "Anupam Mukherjee, the special court judge, today sentenced Pradip Pradhan, owner and principal of the school, to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs 50,000 for raping a Class VIII student on September 11, 2014."
Pradhan was booked under section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 (POCSO). He has been in custody since 2014.
Agencies: Pradip Pradhan was arrested under a case no. SPL (C) 90/15 corresponding Kurseong P.S. Case No.168/15. According to the charge sheet and complaint lodged on 11 September 2014, the Convict Pradip Pradhan, Principal cum proprietor of Grace Academy English School, located at Garidhura had called up the victim girl aged 14 years along with three other students on a holiday. 
At around 9:30 am they were asked to help him in some office work, in a classroom. However, the victim girl was asked to come to the office for another work. Inside the office room the convict made indecent approaches and in spite of the objection of the victim the convict forcibly covered her mouth with his hand and forcibly raped her. After the incident she narrated the incident to her friends and her mother. 
A complaint was lodged against Pradhan at Garidhura Police Out Post, under Kurseong Police Station. The convict was arrested and a charge sheet was filed on 30 November 2015 and 14 witnesses were examined by the court.

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