In a Delhi court, a 35-year-old school van driver has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for committing aggravated sexual assault on a 10-year-old girl. According to a PTI report, the court, in its judgment, emphasized that such a sentence is necessary to discourage other "like-minded individuals" within society from engaging in similar offences. It stressed that the gravity of the offence lies not only in the punishment it carries but in the profound impact it has on the collective social conscience and public order.

The case was heard by Additional Sessions Judge Susheel Bala Dagar, involving Anuj, who was convicted under Section 10 (aggravated sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, stated the report.