Imphal, June 27 -- A Fast Track Special Court in Manipur has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Lairenjam Naoba, to eight years of imprisonment under Section 366/34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for abducting a minor girl.

The sentencing was delivered on Thursday by Judge Rajkumari Memcha of Fast Track Special Court No. 1, officials confirmed on Friday.

Naoba, a resident of Lairenjam Awang Leikai in Imphal West district, was also directed to pay a fine of Rs 1 lakh. In case of default, he will undergo an additional one year of simple imprisonment.

The court ordered that the period already served in judicial custody-3 years, 4 months, and 14 days-be set off from the total sentence.

The incident occurred on February 8, 2022, in Imphal West. ...