A 23-year-old man from Hyderabad has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in 2019. The judgment was delivered by a local court.
The convict, identified as V. Mahesh, is a bike mechanic from Champapet in Saroornagar. He lured the victim by promising to marry her and then kidnapped her. Mahesh confined the girl in a room and subjected her to repeated sexual assault.
After the victim filed a complaint, the Saroornagar police arrested Mahesh. In addition to the prison sentence, the court imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on him. The court has also ordered Mahesh to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the victim.
