Youth gets 7-year jail term for kidnapping, raping 13-yr-old

A youth has been jailed for seven years for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl after performing a sham marriage, with a Delhi court saying he has spoilt her life as he did not disclose the fact that he was already married.

Additional sessions judge Illa Rawat held 25-year-old Satender Chauhan guilty of the offence of kidnapping a girl to compel her for marriage and raping her and refused to show any leniency to him as he cheated his wife also.

‘The convict (Chauhan) not only cheated upon his own wife, but also spoilt the life of a minor innocent girl aged about 13 years to satisfy his lust.

‘Since, the convict did not have any regard for his wife and child, when he was pursuing and inducing a minor girl to marry him, he is not entitled to a lenient view by taking plea that he being the sole earning member, is required to discharge his responsibility towards his wife, minor child and other family members,’ the court said and imposed a fine of Rs 9,000 on him.

It directed the Delhi government to pay a compensation of Rs one lakh to the girl for her welfare and rehabilitation under the ‘Restorative and Compensatory Justice’ Scheme. According to the police, a missing complaint was lodged by the girl’s father on 13 November, 2011 when his daughter, who had gone to market, did not return. The girl returned home on 21 November, 2011 and was taken to Mahendra Park police station in north-west Delhi by her parents. The court noted that Chauhan performed a ‘sham marriage ceremony’ with the girl at a temple and created an illusion in her mind that they were married and under the grab of consensual sexual relationship, he raped her for 12 days.