63-yr-old gets 10 yrs in jail for raping minor

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Press Trust of India Moga (Pb)
Last Updated : Aug 21 2015 | 3:57 PM IST
A 63-year-old man was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years by a local court for raping a minor.
Additional Sessions Judge Gurjant Singh pronounced the verdict yesterday holding Jagan Nath guilty of raping the 13-year-old girl.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Nath.
The case was registered on March 21, 2013. Police said that Nath dragged the victim to a cattle house here before raping her. After the girl raised an alarm, her father and some other villagers caught him and handed him over to the police.

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First Published: Aug 21 2015 | 3:57 PM IST

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