Man gets life term for raping 15-year-old girl

A local court sentenced a man to life imprisonment and imposed a penalty of Rs 1.14 lakh on him for enticing and raping a teenaged girl.

In January 2010, the victim's father lodged an FIR at Sadar police station against the accused Bunty for enticing his 15-year-old daughter and raping her, additional district government counsel Gyan Swaroop Gupta said.

After hearing both the parties additional district judge (six) S N Tripathi held Bunty guilty on Wednesday, he said. The court ordered that 70 per cent of the penalty amount should be given to the victim.