NEW DELHI: A youth, convicted for raping a mentally challenged 80-year-old woman who is in a persistent vegetative state, has been jailed for rest of his life by a Delhi court.
Awarding the jail term to 24-year-old Shankar Singh, additional sessions judge Nivedita Anil Sharma also made it clear that "life means the remainder of the convict's natural life".
"It has already been observed in the judgement that this case is a glaring example of the growing menace of sexual abuse. Rape is an abominable and ghastly and it worsens and becomes inhuman and barbaric when the victim who is in a persistent vegetative state besides being a senior citizen of advanced age of about 80 years is subjected to unwanted physical contact by a perverted male young adult," the court said and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Singh.
Awarding the jail term to 24-year-old Shankar Singh, additional sessions judge Nivedita Anil Sharma also made it clear that "life means the remainder of the convict's natural life".
"It has already been observed in the judgement that this case is a glaring example of the growing menace of sexual abuse. Rape is an abominable and ghastly and it worsens and becomes inhuman and barbaric when the victim who is in a persistent vegetative state besides being a senior citizen of advanced age of about 80 years is subjected to unwanted physical contact by a perverted male young adult," the court said and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Singh.
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