India News | Odisha: Man Gets Life Sentence for Kidnapping Girl

Kendrapara, Nov 25 (PTI) A court in Odisha's Kendrapara district sentenced a 34-year-old man to life imprisonment on Thursday for kidnapping a girl.

Fast track court judge Tribrakam Kishor Chinnar convicted Pradeep Ojha after relying on examination of 14 witnesses, including the minor. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Ojha.

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The girl was kidnapped by Ojha on May 30, 2014. He had demanded Rs 1 lakh as ransom for releasing her.

Police had managed to rescue the girl and arrest Ojha from a village in the Nimapara police station area in Puri district, prosecution counsel Manoj Sahoo said.

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