Bareilly
(Uttar Pradesh), September 28: A local court in Bareilly district of Uttar
Pradesh awarded life terms to two persons in a four-year-old rape case of a
minor girl, sources shared with Lifenews.
According to
the sources, a special POCSO court chaired by special judge Ram Dayal sentenced
the two accused, including a woman staff of a nursing home, to life imprisonment
for the sexual assault against the victim. The judge in his judgment said the
main accused, Abhishek Sharma committed the crime with the help of Soni, a
woman staff of a nursing home.
The court
also imposed a fine of Rs 55,000 on accused Sharma and Rs 50,000 on Soni while
ordering the payment of half of the fine amount to the victim’s parents.
The rape
case had been lodged by the victim’s maternal grandfather against the two at
Izzat Nagar police station on September 22, 2017. In the complaint, Abhishek Sharma,
a Model Town resident of Barreilly lured the victim, a class 11 student, to the
nursing home and with the help of Soni allegedly raped her. The accused had
also made a video and the duo had been blackmailing the victim with it.
Prosecution
counsel Suresh Sahu said after hearing the matter, the judge found the man and
the woman accomplice guilty of the immoral act and sentenced them to life
imprisonment.