The Nuwakot District Court has sentenced a man found guilty of rape to 12 years in prison.
The rape convict has been identified as Kedar Poudel (19) of Bidur Municipality-12 was found guilty of raping an adolescent girl.
A single bench of District Court Judge Umesh Prasad Luitel slapped Poudel to jail, shared Registrar of the Court, Indra Kumar Khadka. According to the court decision, the convict has also been fined Rs 50,000 as compensation to the victim.
According to Police, Poudel raped a 15-year-old adolescent girl by inviting her to a cave in Belkotgadhi Municipality-5 on May 12, 2020. A rape case was registered at Nuwakot District Police Office against Poudel the next day.
Locals had taken the accused under control from the site and handed him over to the police for necessary action. The District Court had remanded Poudel on June 7, 2020.
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