{"id":47941,"date":"2017-04-24T03:34:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T22:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47941"},"modified":"2017-04-24T03:34:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T22:04:30","slug":"elderly-man-sentenced-7-year-jail-raping-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/elderly-man-sentenced-7-year-jail-raping-woman","title":{"rendered":"Elderly man sentenced to 7 year jail for raping a woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47553\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/rape.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47553\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/private-airline-pilot-put-trial-unnatural-sex-case-hc\/rape-14\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/rape.jpg?fit=725%2C386&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"725,386\" 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=\"rape\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/rape.jpg?fit=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/rape.jpg?fit=640%2C341&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-47553 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/rape.jpg?resize=300%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Elderly man sentenced to 7 year jail for raping a woman\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/rape.jpg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/rape.jpg?resize=150%2C80&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/rape.jpg?w=725&amp;ssl=1 725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elderly man sentenced to 7 year jail for raping a woman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A local court has sentenced a 67- year-old man to a seven-year jail term for raping a woman three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-track court judge Shyam Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 40,000, Additional government counsel Moolchandra Kushwaha said today.<\/p>\n<p>The accused, Jauhari had raped a woman in Sarsawa village in the district on September 21, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The prosecution had presented seven witnesses before the court,&#8221; Kushwaha said.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local court has sentenced a 67- year-old man to a seven-year jail term for raping a woman three years ago. Fast-track court judge Shyam Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 40,000, Additional government counsel Moolchandra Kushwaha said today. The accused, Jauhari had raped a woman in Sarsawa village in the district on September [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[146,32748,31987,117,80,39306],"class_list":["post-47941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-court","tag-criminal-news","tag-featured","tag-law","tag-legal-news","tag-man-sentenced-to-7-year-jail-for-raping-a-woman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Elderly man sentenced to 7 year jail for raping a woman - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A local court has sentenced a 67- year-old man to a seven-year jail term for raping a woman three years ago. 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