Kendrapada Ad-hoc Additional Session Judge (Fast Track Special Court) Tribikram Keshari Chinhara on Monday sentenced a person to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a married woman, who is his friend’s wife.
The court also asked the convict Tapan Kumar Sahu alias Nilu of Ostapada village under the Mancheswar police station in the district to pay a fine of Rs 10,000 and in default to undergo another year of imprisonment.
The convict had raped the woman on February 26, 2014 in Garadpur Pata Sahi in the district taking advantage of absence of her husband, said Public Prosecutor Sanjay Kumar Jena.
Tapan had threatened the victim of dire consequences if she revealed the matter to anyone. Following this, the woman remained silent over the incident. But later, after she became pregnant and delivered a child, relations with her husband were strained.
Later, she lodged an FIR against Tapan in August 2015, The Patkura police began investigations and arrested the accused and forwarded him to court. The court announced the verdict after hearing the testimony of 14 witnesses and the evidence submitted by police.