The District Court of Siraha has ordered to sentence 27-year-old Jitendra Das of Siraha Municipality-1 for eight years along with a compensation of Rs 30,000 after finding him guilty on raping a 15 years old girl.
A single bench of District Court judge Rajendra Adhikari has given a verdict on the case according to assistant attorney Deependra Danuwar.
The victim was raped by the accused in 2015 July 23 and complaint against him was lodged at DPO of Siraha on the same day.
The victim underwent a health checkup at District Hospital of Siraha on July 23. The court had ordered to remand him in custody on August 19.