India News | UP Man Jailed for Life in Gang-rape Case

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Nov 3 (PTI) A special court in the neighbouring Shamli district convicted a man for raping a 16-year-old Dalit girl and sentenced him to life imprisonment on Thursday.

Special judge Mumtaz Ali also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the convict, Nikunj Kumar.

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The district government council of Shamli, Sanjay Chouhan, told PTI here on Thursday that the minor was brought from her house and raped by Kumar and one Kallu in a village under Kotwali police station in Shamli district on April 4, 2021. Kallu died during the course of hearing of the case.

Police had filed a charge sheet in the case against Kumar.

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