SRINAGAR: A fast-track court in Srinagar, four days after convicting a Bihar resident, sentenced him to eight years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a Rs 20,000 fine in connection with the kidnapping and rape of a 15-year-old girl in the Habba Kadal area of Srinagar in 2016.
Renu Dogra Gupta, 2nd Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court pertaining to rape cases), also sentenced the convict, Santosh Kumar Paswan, son of Saider Paswan, resident of Lalpora Bhim Nagar Bihar, in the case FIR No. 32 of 2016 of Police Station Kralkhud Srinagar for the commission of the offences punishable under Section 363 RPC (kidnapping). The court ordered that both these sentences shall run concurrently.
It also ordered that the period undergone shall be set off from the total sentence imposed on Paswan. The court had convicted Paswan four days ago.
The prosecution was represented in the case by APP Farooq Malik. The police had filed the charge-sheet against Paswan regarding the kidnapping and rape of the minor girl (name withheld) in 2016.
According to the prosecution, on 1 September 2016, a complaint was lodged with the police of Police Station Kralkhud by the girl’s father, stating that a person named Santosh Kumar Paswan was doing mason work in his house and after completing his work, he often used to visit his house.
The complainant said his daughter (name withheld) was missing from her house, and he had a strong suspicion that she had been enticed. During the search, the girl and kidnapper were found riding on a motorcycle near Humhama and going in a suspicious condition towards the Airport, the prosecution said.
Subsequently, they were apprehended and brought to Police post Humhama. The motorcycle, Air Tickets of accused and prosecutrix from Srinagar to Delhi were seized, the prosecution said.
The medical examination of the prosecutrix (girl) was conducted by a doctor who reported that in the womb of the prosecutrix, a fetus of about 10 weeks and 6 days was present.
The prosecution said, the accused used to go to her home and after taking advantage of minority and immaturity of the victim, the kidnapper had established illegal terms with the girl. (GNS)
