Minor's rape: Labourer gets 10yr RI

  • | Saturday | 29th April, 2017

The court directed that of it, Rs 50,000 be given to the parents of the rape survivor under the victim compensation scheme. LUDHIANA: A local court on Friday sentenced a labourer to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor. Though the complainants had named two accused, the police could not establish the involvement of the other during the probe. The court of additional sessions judge Varinder Aggarwal also imposed a penalty of Rs 55,000 on him. The accused was arrested five days later.Police said the accused had raped the girl at a secluded place behind her house and abandoned her in an unconscious state.

LUDHIANA: A local court on Friday sentenced a labourer to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor. The court of additional sessions judge Varinder Aggarwal also imposed a penalty of Rs 55,000 on him. The court directed that of it, Rs 50,000 be given to the parents of the rape survivor under the victim compensation scheme. The convict, who is in his 30s, was the minor's neighbour.On September 10, 2013, police had registered a case under the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act after the girl's parents complained that their daughter was kidnapped and raped and that the accused also stole Rs 8,000 from their house. The accused was arrested five days later.Police said the accused had raped the girl at a secluded place behind her house and abandoned her in an unconscious state. Though the complainants had named two accused, the police could not establish the involvement of the other during the probe.

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