Namakkal (TN), March 17: A 24-year old youth, who threw acid on a college girl after she spurned his love, was today sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a court in Rasipuram, 35 km from here.
Chief Judicial Magistrate of Rasipuram and Fast Track Judge C Gunasekaran also imposed a fine of Rs five lakh on Arumugam and ordered his house be attached in case of default.
The 23-year old girl, a BA student of local government arts college, had lost her sight in the right eye and suffered burns on the right side of her body in the acid attack on January 11, 2008.
–Agencies