Phulbani Additional District Judge Samarbilas Behera on Tuesday convicted two persons on the charge of kidnapping and raping a minor girl on December 22, 2016 and sentenced them to undergo 20 years of imprisonment.
The court also asked them to pay a fine of Rs 57,000 each and, in default, to undergo another one year imprisonment.
However, another accused Arun Naik was acquitted by the court.
The convicts were identified as Ranjit Sahu of Dungrisshi and Arun Sahu of Pareiripada under the Baliguda police station in Kandhamal district.
On the fateful day, the accused had kidnapped the victim while she was playing in front of her house and later raped her. On December 24,2016 the girl’s mother had lodged an FIR with the Baliguda police.
