India News | UP Court Sentences Man to 20 Years in Jail for Raping Minor Girl
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A court here on Saturday sentenced a man convicted of raping a minor girl to 20 years in prison.
Fatehpur (UP), Nov 26 (PTI) A court here on Saturday sentenced a man convicted of raping a minor girl to 20 years in prison.
Additional District and Sessions Judge (POCSO) Mohammad Ahmed Khan also slapped a fine of Rs 15,000 on the convict, Pankaj, Assistant District Government Advocate Dharmendra Uttam said.
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The minor girl was returning home from her fields under the Jafarganj police station area here on July 15, 2019, when Pankaj forced her into a car and raped her, Uttam said.
A case was registered in the matter on a complaint lodged by the girl's father, he said.
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