Sonbhadra, Sept. 17 -- A man was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000 by a local court in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh today for raping a minor girl.
According to the prosecution, the victim's father, a resident of a village under Jugail police station, alleged in a complaint filed on March 17, 2021, that three of his five daughters were married, and that the fourth, a Class 7 student, had been taken away by the accused Ramesh, who claimed he was childless and wanted to raise her and later marry her off.
Believing Ramesh's words, the complainant handed over his fourth daughter to him. He alleged that Ramesh raped the girl at his home and, when she became pregnant, administered abortive medication and t...