In the order passed on Wednesday, Thane Additional Sessions Judge Rachna R Tehra also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the convict, Hiralal Mali, a resident of Lokmanya Nagar in Thane city.Additional public prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale told the court that Mali, his wife and their children lived together.
A 33-year-old resident of Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court for murdering a man over a political feud.
The girl's father died some years ago and her mother had deserted her; she visited her aunt's house in the neighbourhood at night to sleep and the latter's husband then repeatedly raped her.