Guwahati, Sept. 12 -- A special court in Lucknow on Monday sentenced a 29-year-old woman to seven years and six months in prison for filing a false gangrape and SC/ST atrocity case against two men, allegedly to settle a personal dispute.

Special Judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi described the act as a deliberate misuse of protective legislation. The court imposed seven years of rigorous imprisonment and a Rs 2 lakh fine under Section 211 of the IPC, along with six months of simple imprisonment and a Rs 1,000 fine under Section 182 IPC. The sentences will run consecutively, totaling seven years and six months.

The court also directed that Rs 1,00,500 - half of the total fine - be paid as compensation to the two men wrongly accused. Rajesh...