Man gets 7-yr jail term for raping minor

A local court in Kashipur has sentenced a man to seven years in prison for raping a minor in 2012.

Additional District and Sessions judge Arvind Kumar yesterday sentenced Manish Saini to seven years imprisonment after finding him guilty of abducting the minor girl from her school and raping her in October last year.

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The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Saini, a native of Moradabad.

A police complaint had been lodged in this connection by the victim's mother on October 29 and the medical examination of the girl had confirmed rape. u00a0

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