A native court docket on Wednesday sentenced a Bathinda resident to seven years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a Zirakpur woman on the pretext of serving to her get a job.
The accused, Ashok Kumar of Hazy Raan village in Bathinda, changed into found guilty below Sections 376 (rape), 420 (dishonest) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, and awarded ₹70,000 ideal along with the penal complex term.
In preserving with the prosecution, the sufferer, who changed into unemployed on the time, had uploaded her resume online. In February 2018, she bought a phone call from a person promising her a job with a monthly wage of ₹7,000-8,000, and asked her to technique to Kisan Bhawan, Sector 35, Chandigarh, for an interview.
On February 23, 2018, around 7.30 pm, she reached the pre-made up our minds relate, where Kumar changed into already existing. But any other unidentified woman additionally arrived almost right this moment after. Kumar allegedly ordered chilly drinks for every females. After drinking the drink, the complainant reportedly felt dizzy and misplaced consciousness.
When she regained consciousness, she realised she had been raped. When confronted, Kumar allegedly threatened her of dire consequences if she disclosed the incident to someone. Further to salvage her silence, he assured to lend a hand her get a much bigger-paying job with a monthly wage of ₹25,000-30,000.
The woman extra said that Kumar had additionally threatened to implicate her in a ₹6 lakh theft case after claiming that the numerous woman had fled with ₹1.5 lakh.
In preserving with the sufferer’s grievance, a case below Sections 376 (rape), 420 (dishonest) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) changed into registered in opposition to Kumar on the Sector 36 police intention. He therefore utilized for bail however the court docket denied it after noting that he changed into seeking to exert stress on the sufferer.
