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Photo shows the Sibu Court Complex.
SIBU (Jan 22): A 27-year-old man has been charged in the Sessions Court here with raping an eight-year-old girl.
According to the charge sheet, the offence allegedly occurred at night in a village house here last month.
The charge was framed under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and caning upon conviction.
No plea was recorded from the accused.
Magistrate Oon Kork Chern, sitting in for the Sessions Court judge, fixed Jan 27 for further mention of the case.
Deputy public prosecutor Keshava Rao Tharma Raja appeared for the prosecution while the accused was unrepresented.
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