Two courts in Raipur have awarded 10 years rigorous imprisonment each to two persons for committing rape.
The court of special fast track and Additional District and Sessions Judge Rajeev Kumar on Thursday found Shekhar Jagne of Saddu BSUP Colony here guilty of abducting and raping a 17-year-old.
He was jailed for 10 years and fined Rs 5,700, Special Public Prosecutor Morisha Naidu told The Pioneer.
On May 30, 2018, the accused committed the crime when the victim was alone in her house. He was accused of rape and criminal intimidation and also charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act.
Meanwhile, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Pooja Jaiswal found Yatindra Kumar Dhankar (30) guilty of repeatedly raping a woman on the pretext of marriage.
He too was jailed for 10 years and fined Rs 2,000, Special Public Prosecutor Tara Chand Koshle said.
In 2012, the two met at a marriage function and became friends. The accused raped her between December 2012 and March 2019 after promising to marry her.
The woman lodged a police complaint when he failed to appear on the day they were to marry.