The district court has sentenced eight-year imprisonment to Chandra Bahadur Moktan, 23, of Gagal Bhadaure VDC-6 of Ramechhap and currently living in Bhimsensthan, Bhaktapur-4 for raping an 11-year-old girl. Lipat Bahadur Thapa, Judge of Bhaktapur District Court on November 26 slapped eight-year imprisonment and ordered to extract Rs. 25000 compensation from the accused to be provided to the victim. The victim’s father had filed a complaint against Moktan at the Police Office, Jagati on June 6 accusing him of raping his daughter on June 5 when she was sleeping. Police had arrested the accused on June 7. District Court had remanded the accused in custody on July 3. Medical check-up of the victim was conducted at Teaching Hospital, Maharagunj on June 7, informed Police.

Ramila Tandukar