{"id":43896,"date":"2016-07-15T09:24:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T03:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=43896"},"modified":"2016-07-15T09:24:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T03:54:29","slug":"man-gets-life-imprisonment-raping-minor-tribal-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-gets-life-imprisonment-raping-minor-tribal-girl","title":{"rendered":"Man gets life imprisonment for raping minor tribal girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43477\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/rape2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43477\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-acquits-man-rape-case-says-live-relationship\/rape2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/rape2.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" 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=\"rape2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/rape2.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-43477 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/rape2.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Man gets life imprisonment for raping minor tribal girl\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/rape2.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/rape2.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Man gets life imprisonment for raping minor tribal girl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A court here has awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a 10-year-old tribal girl in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Additional District and Sessions Judge Shirish Gadge yesterday sentenced Vijay Sudam Wagh to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 2.26 lakh on him for raping the minor girl on December 19, 2011, at Anandpur Shivar locality near Malegaon-Askheda road of Malegaon taluka in Nashik district.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the girl was going to an agricultural field to hand over a tiffin to her grandfather, when the accused came from behind, shut her mouth and took her to a nearby river bank where he raped her.<br \/>\nJaykheda Police had registered an offence of rape and arrested Wagh the next day of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The court examined 10 witnesses before pronouncing the accused guilty and awarding him life sentence.<\/p>\n<p>(Source : PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court here has awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a 10-year-old tribal girl in 2011. 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