Jaunpur, November 03: A court here today sentenced a man to seven years rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl, and slapped a penalty of Rs 25,000 on him.
Pronouncing the judgement, Additional Sessions Judge VIII S P Mishra also sentenced the accused to three years RI and a fine of Rs 1,000 on charges of issuing threat.
According to the prosecution, Sahabuddin raped a girl in Biswan village on February 17, 2006. He was later arrested and a chargesheet was filed against him.
After hearing both the parties, the court held Sahabuddin guilty.
–Agencies