A 59-year old farmer was today sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Mahila court here for allegedly raping a minor girl in 2016.
Judge N Vijayakanth also sentenced Sivaprakasam to a seven-year imprisonment for kidnapping the 12-year old girl.
The sentences would run concurrently, he said.
The judge slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict for rape and kidnap.
According to prosecution, Sivaprakasam had lured the girl when she was playing near her house by offering a chocolate and raped her in an isolated locality near Ariyalur Jameen in November 2016. He later abandoned the girl at the spot.
Passers-by rescued the girl and handed her over to her parents, they added.
On a complaint to the all-woman police station, a case was registered and the man arrested.
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