Man gets 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping minor daughter in UP’s Bahraich

Bahraich (UP), Mar 20 (PTI) A special court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him in a case of kidnapping and rape of a minor girl, a lawyer said.

Special government advocate Sant Pratap Singh said the father of the minor had lodged an FIR against the accused, Mahesh, at the Nanpara police station on May 4, 2013.

The father had stated in the FIR that on April 30, 2013, Mahesh kidnapped and raped his 16-year-old daughter while she was on her way to school. Police had filed a chargesheet in the case after investigation.