{"id":44655,"date":"2016-08-31T06:28:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T00:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44655"},"modified":"2016-08-31T06:28:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T00:58:32","slug":"man-sentenced-20-years-imprisonment-raping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-sentenced-20-years-imprisonment-raping","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44332\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44332\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-seeks-status-report-bulandshahr-gangrape-case\/gangrape\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/gangrape.jpg?fit=270%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"270,180\" 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=\"gangrape\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/gangrape.jpg?fit=270%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/gangrape.jpg?fit=270%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44332 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/gangrape.jpg?resize=270%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/gangrape.jpg?w=270&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/gangrape.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a court in Jajpur district for raping a minor girl three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Jajpur District and Sessions Judge Padma Charan Dash awarded the jail term to Kalandi Malik of Daniabar village and also slapped a fine of Rs 90,000 on him.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to pay the sum would lead to an additional jail term of seven years.<\/p>\n<p>The fifteen witnesses produced by prosecution lawyer Ajay Kumar Das corroborated the account of the victim.<\/p>\n<p>The judge observed that circumstantial evidences and medical examination of the victim also established beyond doubt the offence committed by Malik.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, Malik forcibly took the 15-year-old girl of his village to a secluded place and raped her while the victim was returning home alone after performing a puja on September 15, 2013 night.<\/p>\n<p>Malik was arrested after the girl&#8217;s father filed an FIR with Jajpur Road police station on the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Medical reports of the victim had confirmed rape.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a court in Jajpur district for raping a minor girl three years ago. 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