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Man convicted of rape, though ’victim’ claims to be his wife

PTI | By, Muzaffarnagar
Feb 19, 2009 02:43 PM IST

Four years after a couple eloped and got married, a local court sentenced the husband to seven years imprisonment on charges of raping the girl, who was then a minor, overturning her plea that they were living as man and wife.

Four years after a couple eloped and got married, a local court sentenced the husband to seven years imprisonment on charges of raping the girl, who was then a minor, overturning her plea that they were living as man and wife.

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Sudhir Kumar had eloped with a sixteen year old girl of Muzaffarnagar in December, 2004. The girl’s uncle filed a case against Kumar, claiming that his niece had been raped by him.

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Additional sessions judge J P Singh on Wednesday sentenced Kumar on charges of raping a minor, despite the girl stating in court that she had married him and was living with him as his wife.

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