Rapist gets 10-year jail term

A local court has sentenced a youth to ten years of jail term for raping a minor in 2012 in the district.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Madhu Khanna Lali convicted Vinod, a resident of village Balak, for raping a Class IX girl, and sentenced him to ten years of imprisonment here yesterday.

Besides the imprisonment, the accused was ordered to pay a fine of Rs 56,000 and in case of default of fine amount he would further undergo imprisonment for six months.

The father of the victim had lodged a complaint with police alleging that his sixteen-year-old daughter was raped by Vinod on the night of September 2, 2012, when she was sleeping in the house.
 

A case was registered under section 376 (rape) of IPC after the medical examination confirmed the rape.