NOIDA: A court in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl and another five years for abducting her with an intention to compel her for marriage.
Both the punishments would run concurrently, according to the order of the Special POCSO Court Judge (First) Vikas Nagar, who also slapped a penalty of Rs 55,000 on the convict.
Greater Noida resident Mohit was accused of abducting a 16-year-old girl and then raping her in April, 2017. An FIR was registered in connection with the case at the Dankaur police station at the time under sections 363, 366 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and provisions of the POCSO Act.
