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Sentenced for acid attack

NEW DELHI: A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment holding him guilty of throwing acid on an 18-year-old girl that left her blind last year.

Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Sharma had convicted 26-year-old Yashpal, a resident of North-East Delhi, on October 22. In February last year Yashpal had thrown acid on the daughter of his landlord in a fit of rage. The girl sustained burn injuries on her face and her vision was impaired. She is still undergoing treatment. Yashpal was convicted under Section 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons) of the IPC.

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