Archive · 15 Aug 2026
Court sentences minor to 25 years for abducting 13-year-old girl
This story is about a court in India that makes decisions when someone does something wrong.
A teenage boy took a 13-year-old girl away from her home without permission, which is called abduction.
This happened on the morning of July 15, 2023, when the girl stepped out of her house.
The girl's mother told the police, and the police registered a case against the boy.
A special court, called a POCSO court, handles cases where children are hurt or treated badly.
The judge decided the boy must be punished for 25 years and also pay a fine of Rs 30,000.
Because the boy is still a minor, which means a person under 18, he will not go straight to a regular jail.
Instead, he will stay in a special home in Ghazipur, where people will make sure he gets an education and grows up healthy.
When he turns 21, he will be moved to the Mau district jail to serve the rest of his punishment.
The court ordered that his education and mental and physical development be taken care of until then.
A POCSO court in Ballia sentenced a 16-year-old boy to 25 years in prison for abducting a 13-year-old girl in 2023.
The abduction occurred on the morning of July 15, 2023, when the girl stepped out of her home in a village in the Pakhri police station area.
The accused, from a village in the Salempur police station area of Deoria district, lured and abducted the girl.
Additional District Judge (POCSO) Pratham Kant also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the convicted juvenile.
The juvenile will be under the supervision of the Special Home in Ghazipur until he turns 21, then transferred to the Mau district jail.
- Who
- A 16-year-old boy convicted of abducting a 13-year-old girl, sentenced by Additional District Judge (POCSO) Pratham Kant.
- What
- The juvenile was sentenced to 25 years in prison and fined Rs 30,000 for luring and abducting the minor girl.
- When
- The incident occurred on July 15, 2023; the court delivered its judgment on a Friday, reported by a prosecution official the following Saturday.
- Where
- The case was heard by the POCSO court in Ballia; the incident occurred in the Pakhri police station area, and the accused is from the Salempur police station area of Deoria district. The juvenile will be held in the Special Home in Ghazipur before transfer to the Mau district jail.
- Why
- The boy lured and abducted the 13-year-old girl when she stepped out of her home; a case was registered under sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act based on a complaint by the girl's mother.
- Sentence
- 25 years imprisonment
- Fine
- Rs 30,000
- Accused
- 16-year-old minor boy
- Victim
- 13-year-old girl
- Incident date
- July 15, 2023
- Court
- POCSO court, Ballia (ADJ Pratham Kant)
- Complaint
- Filed by the victim's mother
- Custody plan
- Special Home, Ghazipur until age 21, then Mau district jail