A 30-year-old owner of a placement agency in Rohini has been sent to 10 years in jail by a fast-track court for raping, threatening and confining a 20-year-old girl in his house. Additional Sessions Judge MC Gupta gave the jail term to Mukesh Khanna.
He had brought her to the Capital from Odisha on the pretext of meeting her 'sick' sister who was employed as a maid through the convict's agency. According to the girl, after she was brought here by the convict's wife, she was not allowed to meet her sister and was forced to work as a maid. The court rejected the contention of Khanna's counsel that there were no fresh injuries on the victim's body which proved that she was a "consenting party" to the physical act.
"I have carefully perused and analysed the evidence on record. The victim girl has specifically deposed in her examinationinchief that she was unwell. Her condition was so bad that she was carried by the accused to a room on the first floor, whereupon he raped her," the court said. "From such a weak, feeble, unwell girl what struggle can be expected towards the lustful attack of the accusedIJ In such circumstances, there is no substance in the plea so raised by the counsel for the accused," the judge said.
According to the prosecution, in August 2010, when Khanna's wife had gone out, the girl was resting in a room as she was unwell and the accused came there and took her to another room where he raped her. He had confined the victim for two days in his house and had also threatened to kill her if she disclosed anything about the incident, the police said, adding that on getting an opportunity, she escaped from the house and approached a neighbour who called the police.