India News | Man Gets 20 Years RI for Raping Minor in UP's Sonbhadra
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor and forcing her to get an abortion, an official said.
Sonbhadra (UP), Jun 3 (PTI) A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor and forcing her to get an abortion, an official said.
Government Advocate Neeraj Singh said Additional District Judge (POCSO) Amit Veer Singh convicted Chandrabali Panika for the crimes and also fined him Rs 20,000 — Rs 15,000 of which must be paid to the victim.
On October 4, 2023, her mother complained to the Sonbhadra Superintendent of Police that Panika had been raping her daughter for the previous three years on pretext of marriage.
When her daughter became pregnant, Panika told her to get an abortion, and when her daughter refused, he forcibly fed her a medicine, which killed the fetus and complications from which even threatened her life, the woman had then said.
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