20-year jail term for two who raped minor

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Press Trust of India Fatehabad (Har)
Last Updated : Apr 26 2016 | 10:28 PM IST
A court here today awarded a 20-year jail term each to two persons for raping a minor girl, who later became pregnant.
Rajendar Singh Dhanda, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fatehabad, announced the quantum of punishment today.
The court had on April 22 held Rohtas and Satbir, of Pilimandori and Dhingsra villages respectively, guilty of the crime.
A third accused was a minor and his case has been referred to a Juvenile Justice Board.
The victim's father had earlier secured permission from the lower court for the abortion of the girl.
She was raped by the trio in a village where she had gone to throw the cow dung on January 31 last year.
Her father got the case registered in Bhattu Kalan police station on February 1, 2015.
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First Published: Apr 26 2016 | 10:28 PM IST

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