Man gets 20 years jail for raping 12-year-girl, forcing abortion in 2021
Sonbhadra (PTI): A court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years' imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl in 2021 and forcing her to undergo an abortion by administering pills, officials said on Wednesday.
Additional Sessions Judge and Special Judge (POCSO Act) Amit Veer Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Ramesh, they said.
Government counsel Dinesh Prasad Agrahari said that Ramesh took away the girl from the Jugail area in 2021 after assuring her father that he would look after her and also arrange her marriage.
The girl's father, who had five daughters, agreed to hand over his youngest child to him, Agrahari said.
According to the prosecution, Ramesh sexually assaulted the girl, and when she got pregnant, he forced her to undergo an abortion by giving her medicines. He also threatened to kill her if she disclosed the matter.
Later, he left the girl at her maternal uncle's house, where she narrated the ordeal to her relatives.
On the basis of the complaint, police registered an FIR on March 17, 2021, in this regard and later filed a chargesheet in court.
Hearing the case, the court sentenced Ramesh to 20 years' imprisonment and imposed a fine, Agrahari added.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
