A court here has sentenced a school teacher to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl two years ago.
Second Additional District and Sessions Judge Sham Lal Lalhal, Srinagar, had convicted Parvaiz Ahmad Dar on February 26 for raping a ninth standard student at his home in December 2013.
Announcing the quantum of punishment yesterday, the judge also slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on Dar.
The court had on February 26 found Parvaiz Ahmad Dar guilty of raping the student in December 2013.
The fine amount will be paid to the victim.
The shameful act of the convict has not only spoiled the life of the victim but has shaken the conscience of the society at large, the judge said in his order passed yesterday.
The judge also sentenced Dar for two years for criminal intimidation of the victim and one year sentence for wrongful confinement.
All the sentences will run concurrently.
In the present case though the accused is a young man having no criminal background and he is the only male earning member of his family having aged and ailing parents and a small baby girl, he has at the same time committed the rape with an innocent and helpless student of 9th standard, the court said.
The offence committed by the convict was not merely a physical assault on the victim, but "it is restrictive of the whole personality" of the victim because by his act the convict "has degraded the very soul" of the victim, it added.
