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Teacher gets five-year RI for rape attempt

Sirsa: A local court here has sentenced a primary teacher to five years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for attempting to rape a minor girl student at a village here.

According to the prosecution, Harbans Singh, a teacher of a government primary school in Kirpal Patti village called his 10-year-old student during school hours in a room under some pretext and made a bid to rape her here on February 28, 2007.

The court, which pronounced the judgement over the weekend, also imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 and an additional one year term on default of payment of fine on the convict.

It was also alleged that the accused had escaped after the victim raised an alarm.

A criminal case was registered against the delinquent teacher by the victim’s father, following which Singh was arrested. — PTI

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