Yesterday, a Special court in Odisha’s Balasore district sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl.
The bench headed by Justice Ranjan Kumar Sutar convicted Akash Malick of village Chhanua for raping the girl and ordered him to pay a fine of Rs 4000.
According to the prosecution, a complaint was lodged by the girl's father stating that his daughter was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by Akash Malick while she was on her way to her college in Balasore in May 2022.
The court pronounced the verdict after examining 11 witnesses and 21 exhibits.
"The court also ordered Rs 4 lakh compensation for the victim to be paid through district legal services authority (DLSA)," said Special Public Prosecutor, Pranab Panda.
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