<p>New Delhi: A court here has convicted a man of raping a 14-year-old girl in January 2015, saying if physical relations are established with a minor, it becomes an offence of rape and her consent is immaterial.</p><p>Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat was hearing a case against the man who was charged under the penal provision of rape and Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.</p><p>Special Public Prosecutor Vineet Dahiya appeared for the prosecution.</p>.Rape victim attempts suicide in UP's Kaushambi.<p>The court noted the "consistent" and "reliable" statements of the girl about becoming pregnant and later giving birth because of having voluntarily established physical relations with the accused.</p><p>Rejecting the defence lawyer's argument that the girl was a major at the time of the incident, it said according to the evidence before it she was around 14 years old.</p><p>"The defence has already admitted the case of the prosecution to the extent of physical relations, thus if physical relations are established with a minor girl, then it is squarely covered by the definition of rape and penetrative sexual assault, and the consent of the victim is immaterial," the court said.</p><p>The court said according to the DNA profiling, the accused was the baby's biological father.</p><p>"The forensic science laboratory (FSL) report fortifies the case of the prosecution that the accused has established physical relations with the victim and as a consequence of that, the victim got pregnant and gave birth to a child," it said.</p><p>It said that the prosecution had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.</p><p>"Accordingly, the accused is found guilty of the offence of rape and aggravated penetrative sexual assault," the court said.</p><p>The arguments on the quantum of sentence will be heard later.</p>
<p>New Delhi: A court here has convicted a man of raping a 14-year-old girl in January 2015, saying if physical relations are established with a minor, it becomes an offence of rape and her consent is immaterial.</p><p>Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat was hearing a case against the man who was charged under the penal provision of rape and Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.</p><p>Special Public Prosecutor Vineet Dahiya appeared for the prosecution.</p>.Rape victim attempts suicide in UP's Kaushambi.<p>The court noted the "consistent" and "reliable" statements of the girl about becoming pregnant and later giving birth because of having voluntarily established physical relations with the accused.</p><p>Rejecting the defence lawyer's argument that the girl was a major at the time of the incident, it said according to the evidence before it she was around 14 years old.</p><p>"The defence has already admitted the case of the prosecution to the extent of physical relations, thus if physical relations are established with a minor girl, then it is squarely covered by the definition of rape and penetrative sexual assault, and the consent of the victim is immaterial," the court said.</p><p>The court said according to the DNA profiling, the accused was the baby's biological father.</p><p>"The forensic science laboratory (FSL) report fortifies the case of the prosecution that the accused has established physical relations with the victim and as a consequence of that, the victim got pregnant and gave birth to a child," it said.</p><p>It said that the prosecution had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.</p><p>"Accordingly, the accused is found guilty of the offence of rape and aggravated penetrative sexual assault," the court said.</p><p>The arguments on the quantum of sentence will be heard later.</p>