Ballia (UP), Apr 13 (PTI) A court here has given 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to a man for raping a 15-year-old girl.

Additional District Judge Vinod Kumar on Wednesday also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on Rajkumar Yadav.

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The incident had taken place in a village in Gadwar area.

It was alleged in the FIR lodged on Aug 25, 2019 that Yadav raped the girl initially and later kept sexually exploiting her promising marriage.

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But when she gave birth to a girl child he denied to marry her, it was alleged.

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