Rapist gets ten-year jail term in Bihar

Patna, Nov 24(UNI) A fast track court today awarded ten year rigorous imprisonment to a person for committing rape on a mentally deranged girl.

The court also slaped a fine of Rs 1,000 on the convict.

Presiding officer of the fast track court no. II, Ajit Kumar Sinha, found Promod Kumar, a resident of Simra village under Parsa Bazar police station in Patna district, guilty of raping the girl.

According to the charges, the convict had criminally assaulted a sixteen-year old mentally challenged girl on March 10, 2005 at a place under Parsa Bazar police station in Patna district.

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