India News | UP: Three people sentenced to 20 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a girl

Gonda (UP), June 15 (PTI) – A special court here on Saturday sentenced three persons to 20 years’ imprisonment for abducting and raping a 13-year-old girl about six years ago.

The court of Special Judge (POCSO Act) Rajesh Narayan Mani Tripathi also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on each of the three convicts and ordered that half of the total amount be paid to the victim, said Special Public Prosecutor Ashok Singh.

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Singh said one of the convicts was 17 years old at the time of the incident but considering the seriousness of the crime, the court considered and sentenced him as an adult as per the law.

The special public prosecutor said a woman had filed a complaint at Kaudiya police station stating that her teenage daughter had gone to a sugarcane field on March 24, 2018, when Sandeep Pal and Sanchit Pal, residents of the same village, and a 17-year-old boy took her and raped her.

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When the girl returned home, she informed her mother about the incident and a complaint was filed, Singh said, adding that after an investigation, charges were filed against the three accused under sections of the International Penal Code (IPC) for rape and kidnapping.

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