Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Jul 03, 2012 : Ten year jail-term to two for rape

TNN | Jul 3, 2012, 01.30AM IST
KANPUR: Additional district and sessions judge of Ramabai Nagar Santosh Kumar Pandey convicted two persons on Monday for kidnapping and raping a minor girl and punished them to ten years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs 10,000 each. 

The two were named as Kailash, a resident of Mohana village, falling under Gajner police circle and his relative Sarvesh of Rampur village under Roora police. The ADJ ordered that if the two if they fail to pay fine then they had to undergo a jail term of two more years. 

Kailash and his relative Sarvesh had kidnapped a minor girl of a fellow villager on February 19, 2008. They took her to various places and physically exploited her. She became pregnant and had given birth to a child. She told the court that the child belongs to one of them. 

The defense raised the question of age and submitted that she was major and had gone willingly with the accused. The prosecution presented medical opinion in which doctor had stated that girl was a minor at the time of incident. 
Link: Ten year jail-term to two for rape

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