New Delhi, August 12: A Delhi court today sentenced two men to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a neighbouring woman after administering her intoxicating substance.
Additional Sessions Judge Manu Rai Sethi also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on two accused Ram Saran and Uday Raj after holding them guilty of rape.
The court refused to show leniency against the convicts saying “an act of rape tarnishes and injures the body, mind and soul of the victim and the act itself disentitles the convicts to any mercy from courts of law.”
Both the convicts were arrested after the victim lodged a complaint with Moti Nagar police station on November four, 2000.
She had alleged that the convicts, who resided in her neighbourhood, had raped her after lacing her softdrink with some intoxicating substances.
—Agencies