{"id":45538,"date":"2016-10-31T11:17:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T05:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=45538"},"modified":"2016-10-31T11:17:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T05:47:05","slug":"man-jailed-10-yrs-raping-threatening-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-jailed-10-yrs-raping-threatening-woman","title":{"rendered":"Man jailed for 10 yrs for raping &#038; threatening woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"44500\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/life-term-bjp-leader-abduction-murder-case\/murder-6\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder-1.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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=\"murder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder-1.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder-1.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-44500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder-1.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"murder\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder-1.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder-1.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for raping a woman and threatening her, with a Delhi court rejecting his claim that it was an extra-marital affair.<\/p>\n<p>The court convicted Delhi resident Joginder Yadav while relying on the woman&#8217;s sole testimony.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am of the opinion that prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that accused Yadav had committed rape upon prosecutrix and threatened her with dire consequences,&#8221; Additional Sessions Judge Shail Jain said.<\/p>\n<p>The judge further said: &#8220;I am of the opinion that sole testimony of the prosecutrix is sufficient enough to convict the accused as there is no infirmity or inconsistencies in the testimony of the woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The court rejected the man&#8217;s contention that physical relations between him and the woman were consensual and it was an extra-marital affair.<\/p>\n<p>It also disagreed with his submission that the woman&#8217;s husband had taken some money from him and when he wanted it back, they implicated him the false case.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution said the incident took place in January 2013, when Yadav came to the woman&#8217;s house when her husband had left for the office but two of her three children were at home. Yadav and the woman lived in the same locality.<\/p>\n<p>It said the man raped her and when she tried to raise an alarm, he threatened to kill her. When the man was going out of the woman&#8217;s house, she injured her with a knife but he managed to escape.<\/p>\n<p>The woman informed her neighbour about the incident and telephoned her husband. The couple then lodged an FIR against Yadav at Kirti Nagar Police Station in West Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, Yadav denied the allegations and claimed he was falsely implicated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for raping a woman and threatening her, with a Delhi court rejecting his claim that it was an extra-marital affair. 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