A Dehradun court has sentenced a policeman to 10 years’ imprisonment and asked him to pay Rs 40,000 as penalty on Monday for raping a woman in 2007.
The woman, resident of New Tehri, had registered a case against the constable named Rajendra Singh who was then deputed at police line, accusing him of raping her, promising her of early marriage.
Source said that the woman said she had encountered several such shocking incidents in her life. Earlier, at the age of 15, she was sold off by her family members to a person named Balveer Singh, resident of New Tehri who was childless. later, she was married to the same man. She gave birth of two babies, but later, she was deserted by her husband.
While living alone in Premnagar, she met the constable Singh in a party in Dehradun. She was allegedly raped by Singh who had allegedly assured that he would marry her soon. With things continuing, Singh compelled her to go for abortion twice. When she requested him to act on his promise and to marry her Singh refused.
Finally she decided to approach police, seeking justice for the wrongs meted out to her. She recounted her story to then SP City in 2007 and a case under appropriate sections of IPC was registered in the police station. This case was heard in the court of Additional District Judge (ADJ-II) Nitin Sharma and court had awarded 10 years’ imprisonment to the constable aside from ordering him to pay Rs 40, 000 by way of penalty.