- By Mayukh Debnath
- Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:33 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Odisha News: Two men were awarded life imprisonment by a fast track court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Friday after being found guilty of raping a woman during a robbery in 2018, news agency PTI reported. The special court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 each on the convicts, the report said.
Meanwhile, two other accused in the case remained absconding. As per the facts of the case, four men broke into a house to commit robbery in a village under Baisinga police station on September 8, 2018. According to the PTI report, the men also raped a woman by threatening to kill her 7-year-old son.
They also captured photographs of the act on their mobile phones. The verdict was reached on the basis of statements from 10 witnesses and several documents, Special Public Prosecutor Manaranjan Pattnaik told PTI.
In a similar development from UP, a special court in Lakhimpur Kheri district on Friday convicted a man of raping a 15-year-old girl. He was subsequently sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment, the prosecutor in the case said.
The convict was also slapped with a fine of Rs 15,000, Special Public Prosecutor (POCSO) Brijesh Kumar Pandey said. "Accused Rohit Kumar committed the crime with a 15-year-old girl in a village in the district's Phoolbehad area on June 25, 2013, when she had gone to the fields to defecate," Pandey told PTI.
(With inputs from agencies)