Ballia (UP), Apr 18 (PTI) A youth has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for abducting a 16-year-old Dalit girl in 2016.

Special Judge, POCSO court, Govind Mohan also imposed a fine of Rs 65,000 on the convict Sangam Gupta.

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Based on a complaint lodged by the girl's father, a case was registered against Gupta under sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping) and 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc), IT Act and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

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