Man awarded 20-year jail term for abducting, raping girl

Man awarded 20-year jail term for abducting, raping girl
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Muzaffarnagar: A court here sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for abducting and raping a 14-year-old girl.

Special POCSO court judge Baburam also imposed a fine of Rs 27,000 on convict Suraj Prakash.

The court directed that Rs 12,000 from the fine amount should be paid to the victim.

According to government counsel Rajive Sharma, the girl, a student of Class 8, had gone to school when the convict abducted her and raped her.

The incident took place in May 7, 2018, he added.