Farmer gets 10 year jail for raping minor

Judge N Vijayakanth also sentenced Sivaprakasam to a seven-year imprisonment for kidnapping the 12-year old girl.

The sentences would run concurrently, he said.

The judge slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict for rape and kidnap.

According to prosecution, Sivaprakasam had lured the girl when she was playing near her house by offering a chocolate and raped her in an isolated locality near Ariyalur Jameen in November 2016. He later abandoned the girl at the spot.

Passers-by rescued the girl and handed her over to her parents, they added.

On a complaint to the all-woman police station, a case was registered and the man arrested.