SRINAGAR: A court here on Wednesday awarded ten years of rigorous imprisonment to a 42-year-old man convicted of raping a minor girl from Soura in the year 2012.
The Court of 2nd Additional Sessions Judge Srinagar, Renu Dogra Gupta, awarded ten-year rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 to the convict, Irshad Ahmad Malik of Kokernag Anantnag at present Anchar Soura, for the commission of the offense under section 376 RPC.
“In case of default in payment of fine, the accused shall further undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 6 months,” the court said and ordered him to be lodged in Central Jail Srinagar to serve the sentence.
Pertinently, police had received a complaint from the girl’s father that he took his daughter for check after she complained of abdominal pain and upon tests by the doctors she was declared to be pregnant.
On being asked, the minor girl disclosed that the person who resides in their neighborhood as tenant, namely Irshad Ahmad of Malik of Ahlan Gadwak Kokernag, raped her several times, the prosecution said based on the statement by the complainant.
After receiving the report, the prosecution said, a case (FIR No 33/2012) for the commission of offence punishable under Section 376 RPC was registered in police Station Soura and the investigation started. During investigation, it said, the victim girl’s age certificate was obtained and she was found to be 14 years old.
Subsequently, the accused was arrested and on the basis of the facts and evidence collected, it said, a charge sheet under Section 376 RPC was filed on 23 June 2012. Subsequently the trial ensued and culminated in conviction of the accused, Irshad Ahmad of Malik of Ahlan Gadwak Kokernag, at present Anchar Soura.
