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College student who raped schoolgirl gets 3 years in jail

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Last Updated : Feb 12 2014 | 8:54 PM IST
A 21-year old college student was today sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment on the charge of abducting and raping a minor girl.
Additional Sessions Judge V V Virkar awarded the sentence to the accused Yogesh Govind Solanki, a resident of Vartak Nagar here.
Prosecutor Ashok Khamkar said Solanki was charged with taking a 14-year-old girl, who lived in the same area and with whom he was having an affair, to Rajkot in June 2011 and marrying her.
He was convicted under sections 376 (rape), 366 (A) (inducing a minor girl to elope) and 363 (kidnapping). The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on him.

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First Published: Feb 12 2014 | 8:54 PM IST

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