Summary:
However, after going by the evidence and facts of the case, the court sentenced the accused to 10-year jail. The Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a 35-year-old civil engineer to 10 years’ imprisonment for raping his 30-year-old wife in 2017. The convict, a resident of Lalru, has been sentenced to imprisonment under section 376 (2) (rape) of the Indian Penal Code, by the Court of Poonam R Joshi. The victim, thus, approached the police and apart from the fraud committed by accused, she alleged rape in her complaint. After five months of marriage, the accused went to his native village in Uttar Pradesh, claiming that his father was unwell..