Barabanki,

30 May (HS): A special court in Barabanki has sentenced a man to life in prison

for kidnapping and raping a 19-year-old woman in 2023. Veena Narayan, Special Judge of the SC-ST

Court, levied a penalty of Rs 80,000 on the guilty Salman. The court

additionally directed that Rs 40,000 from the fine amount be handed to the

survivor as compensation, said government lawyer Kripa Shankar Tiwari on

Friday. In December 2023, police filed a complaint against Salman under IPC

section 366 (kidnapping, abducting, or coercing a lady into marrying) and the

SC/ST Act. Additional charges were added subsequently, including IPC sections

376 (rape), 504 (intentional insult with intent to cause breach of peace), and

406 (criminal breach of trust) and the applicable portions of the Uttar Pradesh

Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act. The charging sheet was eventually submitted

in court.

During

the trial, witnesses testified that the accused had mislead the victim by

presenting himself as Sumit while hiding his real identity.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi