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Pratagarh/Uttar Pradesh: In a case of a man raping his minor step-daughter in a case from around five years ago, a special court here sentenced him to jail for 20 years and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000.
Additional District Government Advocate (ADGC) Devesh Chandra Tripathi said on Sunday the court of Special Judge (POCSO Act) Parul Verma sentenced the guilty step-father Rakesh to twenty years imprisonment and also imposed a fine of ₹ 50,000.
Devesh Chandra Tripathi said that the complainant alleged in the complaint given to the police that on the night of September 9, 2019, her husband Rakesh, in a drunken state, raped the ten-year-old girl in the dark of the night.
When she started screaming in pain, the complainant switched on the light and saw that her husband was allegedly trying to kill the girl by strangling her with a gas pipe.
The girl said that her step-father had been sexually abusing her for three years. On the basis of the complaint, the police registered a case under relevant sections and, after completing the investigation, filed a chargesheet in the court.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has taken the case of the brutal rape and murder of a doctor in a Kolkata medical college on its own. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, will hear the case on Tuesday. Also, a football match between East Bengal and Mohan Bagan got cancelled in Kolkata after the rival football fans took jointly took to the streets to register their protest on the merciless killing of the doctor.