The court of Additional Judicial Commissioner SS Prasad on Tuesday convicted a man Prahlad Mahto (35) to seven year’s rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl on the pretext of marrying her. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict with the direction that he would have to undergo additional term of six months in case of default in payment.
The victim had complained that the convict exploited her sexually for several months in the year 2010 and 2011.
The case was registered with the Sonahatu police station in this connection. Public prosecutor Parmanand Yadav said that the man was convicted under section 376 of IPC.
He said that he exploited the victim forcibly.
Meanwhile, in another case, the court for anti corruption bureau cases on Tuesday convicted the then deputy secretary Vinod Kumar Jha and cashier Dilip Kumar of the water resources department for corruption. They were held guilty for demanding Rs 20,000 from the former circle officer Sudhir Kumar Thakur in lieu of releasing gratuity after the latter’s retirement.
Thakur had retired from the same department in 2013. He lodged the case with the ACB when his employees refused to move his files before bribe.
The special public prosecutor AK Gupta informed that the employees were convicted hearing on the sentencing of the convicts is likely to be held on Thursday.