Latest News | UP Man Gets Lifer for Raping Minor

Muzafarnagar (UP), Dec 14 (PTI) A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl, a government counsel said.

The court of Special Judge A K Singh convicted one Govind in the rape case of a 16-year-old girl, said government counsel Vinay Kumar Arora.

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The bench awarded him life imprisonment and also slapped a fine of Rs 18,000 on him.

According to police, the incident took place in this district in December, 2020.

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An FIR under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of POCSO (Protection of Children from sexual offences) was lodged against Govind, following which the police filed a charge sheet in the case.

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