{"id":58752,"date":"2020-02-05T13:14:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T07:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58752"},"modified":"2020-02-05T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T07:58:12","slug":"man-sentenced-to-20-yrs-ri-for-raping-minor-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-sentenced-to-20-yrs-ri-for-raping-minor-girl","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to 20 yrs&#8217; RI for raping minor girl."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been sentenced to 20 years&#8217; rigorous imprisonment by a special POCSO court for raping a 12-year-old girl in Odisha&#8217;s Balasore district around three years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58057\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/mizoram-court-sentences-myanmarese-man-to-life-imprisonment-till-death-for-killing-wife\/life-imprisonment-till-death\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"284,177\" 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=\"life imprisonment till death\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58057\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?resize=284%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?w=284&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a>Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) Girija Mohapatra, while pronouncing the jail term for Radhamohan Singh (20) on Monday, also slapped a fine of Rs 28,000 on him for the April 2017 incident at Balidhar village here.<\/p>\n<p>The ADJ, who is also the judge of the special POCSO court, ruled that the convict would have to undergo one-year additional imprisonment if he fails to pay the fine.<\/p>\n<p>According to the girl&#8217;s lawyer, Singh had taken her to an isolated place on National Highway 60 in Balasore Sadar police station area and raped her.<\/p>\n<p>Her family lodged a complaint with the police, following which Singh was held, the lawyer said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been sentenced to 20 years&#8217; rigorous imprisonment by a special POCSO court for raping a 12-year-old girl in Odisha&#8217;s Balasore district around three years ago. 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