Srinagar, Dec. 23 -- The sentence was pronounced by Presiding Officer Umi Kulsoom while deciding the quantum of punishment arising out of FIR No. 45/2018 registered at Police Station Harwan. The court observed that criminal jurisprudence in India is not solely retributive and requires a careful assessment of both aggravating and mitigating circumstances.

The convict, identified as Nazir Ahmad Doyi son of Gami Doyi, a resident of Fakir Gujri, Harwan, Srinagar, was earlier found guilty of aggravated penetrative sexual assault under Sections 5(m) and 5(n) read with Section 6 of the POCSO Act, along with Section 377 of the Ranbir Penal Code.

While delivering the sentence, the court noted that the victim was very young at the time of the inc...