GUWAHATI: A man in Udalguri was sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for cheating and raping his 19-year-old girlfriend.
The additional session judges' court in Udalguri, upholding the judgment of a lower court, sentenced Samu Tapna to five years' RI and also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 failing which he will have to undergo simple imprisonment for one month one-year RI.
In January last year, the
rape survivor had lodged a police complaint after the accused admitted to his crime before a village court in Panery area. She had approached police after the accused denied to marry her even though the victim was pregnant by then.
"The victim girl alleged that on Christmas in 2015, the accused called her to his house and had physical relationship with her by promising to marry her. She did not inform the matter to her family members as the accused threatened not to divulge the same and. But she became pregnant, she informed the matter to her mother. Then, a village meeting was held in which the accused admitted to his crime. But the accused did not marry her and fled after which she lodged the case," a source said.
The court in its order observed, "In the present case, the accused had physical relationship with the victim by giving false assurance that he would marry her. It is evident that he never intended to marry her and procured her consent only for the reason of having sexual relation with her."
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