3-yr-RI to trio in attempt to kidnapping case

STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Principal Sessions Judge Rajouri Jaffer Hussain Beigh on Wednesday awarded three years rigorous imprisonment to Amit Kumar, Ajay Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar, who were facing trial in attempt to kidnapping case.
The prosecution case in brief is that the complainant- prosecutrix lodged a written report with Police Station Nowshera against the aforesaid accused with the averments that she is the resident of Handan, working as teacher in a private academy and the accused persons while riding on a motorcycle used to tease her whenever she was returning from the school. During the night intervening between November 1 and 2, 2010 at about 11 PM when she had gone to the house of her aunt, all the accused persons with criminal intention trespassed into the lawn of her aunt and tried to forcibly abduct her. Subsequently, she along with her aunt and grand-mother raised hue and cry as a result of which villagers came on spot and rescued her. The villagers also caught accused Amit Kumar and took the motorcycle in their possession. Consequently, FIR No.168/2010 for the offences under Sections 458, 354, 366 and 511 RPC was registered in Police Station Nowshera.
After hearing both the sides, court sentenced the aforesaid accused to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000 each for commission of offence under Sections 366 and 511 RPC and in default of payment of fine the accused persons shall further undergo imprisonment of like nature for 6 months. “The accused shall also undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years and pay a fine of Rs. 8,000 each for commission of offence under Sections 457 RPC and in default of payment of fine the accused persons shall further undergo imprisonment of like nature for 4 months.
Besides, the accused shall also undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and pay a fine of Rs. 5,000 each for commission of offence under Sections 354 RPC and in default of payment of fine the accused persons shall further undergo imprisonment of like nature for 2 months”, the court observed adding that the three sentences of rigorous imprisonment shall run concurrently.