Absconding Accused Arrested for Incest Rape

  December 7, 2024 By: INSEC

 

 

The police arrested a 53-year-old man from Molung Rural Municipality-6, who had been absconding after being sentenced by the District Court on the charge of incest rape. The man was arrested from Chepte, Shrichaur of Molung Rural Municipality-6, on December 4. He was sentenced to 10 years, 1 month, and 22 days in prison and fined RS 330,000 by the bench of District Court Judge Giriraj Gautam on April 7, 2024.

The aggrieved party filed a complaint at the District Police Office on August 17, 2022, alleging that the accused had raped the 19-year-old woman on August 11, 2022. Subsequently, police registered a case of incest against the accused at the District Court through the District Government Attorney’s Office on September 5, 2022. However, the accused absconded. Inspector Bijay Karki of the District Police Office stated that the accused was presented in the District Court on December 4 and sent to prison to serve the sentence.

The health examination of the victim was done on 17 August 2022 at the District Hospital.

 

 


Saraswati Baniya