<p class="title rtejustify">A court in eastern Assam's Jorhat district on Wednesday sentenced two persons convicted in a rape case to 20 years rigorous imprisonment each and imposed a fine of Rs. 20,000 each.</p>.<div><div class="rtejustify">Daughter of a tea garden worker, aged 18 years was raped by the accused--Padum Nayak and Sunil Tanti on May 28 last year when she had gone out around 3 am to urinate as there was no toilet at home. The girl said she was gagged by the two and taken to nearby tea bushes and raped.</div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify">She, however, told her parents in the evening when they had come back from their work in a tea garden. The accused, who also works in a tea garden, are known to the victim.</div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify">Jorhat, having many tea gardens, is about 300-km east of Guwahati.</div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify">After cross-examining the evidence and witnesses, the court had found the accused guilty of rape and convicted the duo under 376 of IPC and accordingly the sentence was pronounced on Wednesday.</div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify">The court also ordered the Jorhat district legal service authority to pay compensation to the victim which should be used for her welfare.</div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify"> </div></div>
<p class="title rtejustify">A court in eastern Assam's Jorhat district on Wednesday sentenced two persons convicted in a rape case to 20 years rigorous imprisonment each and imposed a fine of Rs. 20,000 each.</p>.<div><div class="rtejustify">Daughter of a tea garden worker, aged 18 years was raped by the accused--Padum Nayak and Sunil Tanti on May 28 last year when she had gone out around 3 am to urinate as there was no toilet at home. The girl said she was gagged by the two and taken to nearby tea bushes and raped.</div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify">She, however, told her parents in the evening when they had come back from their work in a tea garden. The accused, who also works in a tea garden, are known to the victim.</div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify">Jorhat, having many tea gardens, is about 300-km east of Guwahati.</div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify">After cross-examining the evidence and witnesses, the court had found the accused guilty of rape and convicted the duo under 376 of IPC and accordingly the sentence was pronounced on Wednesday.</div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify">The court also ordered the Jorhat district legal service authority to pay compensation to the victim which should be used for her welfare.</div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify"> </div><div class="rtejustify"> </div></div>