The Additional District and Sessions Court of West District on Monday sentenced a government employee of the state health department of 10 years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for raping a woman in the year 2019.
The incident took place on August 25 in the year 2019 after the convicted Upper Division Clerk of the state Health department identified as Uttam Kumar Debbarma was accused of raping a woman of in the Bodhjungnagar police station area.
According to advocate Arindam Deb, after meticulous investigation, the investigating officer has compiled a comprehensive charge sheet, which was subsequently presented before the court.
He said that after a long hearing of the case the court found Uttam Kumar Debbarma guilty of the heinous crime. The judge pronounced a sentence of 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for Debbarma. Additionally, he was ordered to pay a fine of Rs 50000 and failure to pay the fine would result in a further 6 months of rigorous imprisonment”, he said.
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