On January 13 last year, Yuvaprakash had kidnapped the 17-year-old girl, his neighbour, belonging to a minority community with the help of his relatives and forcibly married her and raped her several times.
Besides sentencing him to life, Erode District Mahila Court Judge N Thirunavukkarasu imposed Rs 50,000 fine on him for kidnapping the girl.
In addition, the judge awarded ten years RI to two persons, Karthikeyan and Chandrakumar, and slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 each on them for helping him abduct the girl and arrange accommodation.