Minor raped in a Hyderabad Juvenile Home gets relief

As directed by the Commission, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has paid an interim compensation of Rs. 50,000/- to the parents of a minor girl, who had been raped while in a Juvenile Home in Hyderabad.
The Commission received a complaint from the Juvenile Rights Forum, Hyderabad alleging that a 10-year-old girl, an inmate of the Juvenile Observation Home, Raichur, Karnataka was transferred on 10 July 1998 to Girls' Juvenile Home, Hyderabad where at the time of her admission she was found bleeding. Doctors at Niloufer hospital in Hyderabad examined the girl on 11 September 1998 and said that she had been subjected to brutal rape and was in a state of serious shock. The complainant also alleged that the police after registering a case did not conduct proper investigation.
Based on the complaint, the Commission called for investigation reports from the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh.
On 10 June 1999, the DGP Andhra Pradesh submitted the investigation report which stated that the girl had been raped and a case was registered on 11 September 1998 under section 376(2)(f) IPC at Kachiguda Police Station, Hyderabad.
Subsequently, the Commission also received a report from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Women Development Child Welfare and Disabled Welfare Department .
The Commission then directed the State Police to step up efforts for completion of investigation in the case and to pay "interim compensation" of Rs.50,000/- to the parents of the girl who had been subjected to rape while in the Juvenile Home at Hyderabad.
Complying with the directions of the Commission, the Government of Andhra Pradesh informed the Commission that

· Disciplinary action had been taken against the doctors who did not give the correct report of medical examination of the child, by imposing punishment of stoppage of two annual increments without cumulative effect.
· A charge-sheet has been filed in the IX M.M. Court, Nampally, Hyderabad against five accused persons responsible for subjecting the girl to sexual assault. The case is sub-judice.
· An amount of Rs. 50,000/- had been paid to the mother of the victim on 29 May 2001.