October 15, 2025
BHUBANESHWAR – A court in Odisha’s Bargarh district on Tuesday convicted a 58-year-old man and sentenced him to undergo life imprisonment after finding him guilty of committing rape of an 18-year-old hearing and speech impaired girl three years back.
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Padampur, awarded the sentence against the convict Tiharu Bhue (58) under Section 376(2)(l) of the Indian Penal Code. The Court further imposed fines totaling Rs 35,000, with additional imprisonment in default of payment.
On 29 July 2022, the accused trespassed into the victim’s house and committed rape in the absence of her parents. The victim’s younger sister was a witness to the crime. As the rape survivor’s sibling raised an alarm, she was physically assaulted and threatened by the accused, who later fled the crime scene, according to the case record.
The accused was promptly arrested by local police a day after the crime. Both the victim and the accused were medically examined, and the biological exhibits were sent to the State Forensic Science Laboratory for forensic analysis.
The Court also directed the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Bargarh, to initiate the process for victim compensation under relevant legal provisions. This case stands as an example of effective police-prosecution coordination, timely forensic support, and committed judicial oversight in delivering timely justice to a vulnerable victim, said Bargarh Superintendent of Police, Prahlad Sahai Meena.
The case ended in conviction due to timely identification for fast-tracking, prompt police supervision for ensuring procedural efficiency, swift forensic examination by SFSL, timely submission of charge sheet, close coordination between police and public prosecutor, consistent witness production, dedicated prosecution by the counsel to make it a watertight case, SP Meena concluded.