Lucknow, June 17 -- : The court of the special judge SC/ST Act on Monday awarded a seven years and six months prison term to a woman for lodging a fake FIR of gang rape against two men.

Imposing a fine of Rs.2.1 lakh on the woman, aged around 24 years, the court directed the state government to recover Rs.2 lakh compensation that was given to the woman after the gang rape FIR was lodged in June 2021.

This was the first installment of the Rs.8 lakh total compensation which is awarded to a Scheduled Caste victim of gang rape.

The court also suggested several measures to the state government to ensure such cases of fake FIR are not repeated.

"Instances of lodging fake FIR by misusing the special sections of the SC/ST Act are increasing,"...