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Darjeeling: A
Darjeeling judge today sentenced an Islampur youth to 10 years’ rigorous
imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a minor calling the crime
“heinous”.
Madhu Sudan Dutta, the additional
sessions judge (second court), said the “nature of the offence” required
that the accused should be awarded rigorous punishment “to curb the
spiralling number of cases of kidnapping and rape”. Today’s was the
third sentence to be awarded by the same court in less than 10 months to
rape accused.
Judge Dutta, Darjeeling, also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Jahir Alam, 26,
from Islampur and said the convict would have to spend an additional
six months in jail if he failed to pay the amount. The judge awarded the
punishment under Section 376 (f) (rape of a minor) of the IPC.
Under Section 366A (kidnapping) of the
IPC, the court also handed out a concurrent punishment of eight years’
rigorous imprisonment to Alam, apart from a fine of Rs 5,000.
“As the convict kidnapped and raped a
minor girl of only 14 years, he is a psychologically sadistic person.
Thus, the superintendent of the Darjeeling Correctional Home is directed
that some psychological treatment should be given to the convict during
the period of his detention.”
On the convict’s plea for a lenient
setence, the judge said: “I have duly considered the submission as made
by the convict. Now, considering the serious and heinous nature of the
offence and in view to curb the spiralling number of cases of kidnapping
and rape, I am not inclined to deal with the convict under Section 360
CrPC.”
On October 11, 2012, Dutta had also
sentenced 56-year-old Bir Bahadur Subba to 10 years’ imprisonment for
raping a 10-year-old girl. Subba was a resident of Avongrove tea garden
near Sukhiapokhri, 25km from here.
On June 1, 2012, Shiva Kumar
Biswarkarma, 33, a resident of R.N. Sinha Road in Darjeeling, was
sentenced to eight years of rigorous imprisonment by the same judge for a
rape bid on a five-year-old.
Talking about today’s verdict, public
prosecutor Vinod Agarawal said the victim was known to Alam, who used to
work as a mason in Darjeeling. “He hails from Kadokhawa in Islampur and
used to stay at a rented house at Gandhi Road here,” said Agarwal.
“One day, Alam met the girl who said
that she was on her way to buy books. Alam said he would help her buy
the books and took her to his rented house,” said Agarwal. The girl was
kept under lock and key for more than a month. “The girl went missing on
February 25, 2010 and police rescued the girl and arrest Alam on March
29, 2010,” he said.
Source : The Telegraph
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