{"id":37706,"date":"2015-05-07T11:43:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T11:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=37706"},"modified":"2015-05-07T11:43:52","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T11:43:52","slug":"court-sentences-godman-gadadhar-goswami-to-10-year-imprisonment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-sentences-godman-gadadhar-goswami-to-10-year-imprisonment","title":{"rendered":"Court sentences &#8216;Godman&#8217; Gadadhar Goswami to 10-year imprisonment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/godman-cartoon.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"37707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-sentences-godman-gadadhar-goswami-to-10-year-imprisonment\/godman-cartoon\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/godman-cartoon.jpg?fit=260%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"260,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"godman cartoon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/godman-cartoon.jpg?fit=260%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/godman-cartoon.jpg?fit=260%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/godman-cartoon.jpg?resize=260%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"godman cartoon\" \/><\/a>\u00a0A local court has sentenced a self-styled Godman to 10-year imprisonment for rape and seven-year jail to two others.<\/p>\n<p>Additional District Judge, Balasore, Gangadhar Pati on Tuesday sentenced &#8216;Godman&#8217; Gadadhar Goswami to 10-year rigorous imprisonment after convicting him and imposed a penalty of Rs 15,000.<\/p>\n<p>In case of default, Goswami will have to undergo another one-year jail term.<\/p>\n<p>The court convicted two relatives of the victim, Budhia Sing (40) and Parbati Sing (36), of Chaturikhunta village and ordered 7 years&#8217; RI and slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on each.<\/p>\n<p>In case of default they will undergo another six months of jail term.<\/p>\n<p>Goswami (55), from Baghamundi village under Purulia district in West Bengal, claimed himself to be a Godman and used to visit tribal areas of Nilagiri area in Balasore district.<\/p>\n<p>In one incident in the name of performing some rituals to help a woman bear child, he raped her repeatedly and absconded next morning.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;tantrik&#8217; convinced the relatives of the woman to leave her alone with him for performing secret puja.<\/p>\n<p>On April 27, 2011, he took her to a nearby forest for performing secret puja and raped her<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0A local court has sentenced a self-styled Godman to 10-year imprisonment for rape and seven-year jail to two others. 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