Rajkot: The special POCSO court in Veraval in Gir Somnath district on Thursday sentenced two men to 14 years imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl in Talala in 2018.
Additional district and sessions judge B L Choithani also imposed a fine of Rs 17,000 each on the two convicts Balu Patat (58) and Ramesh Kachot (28). The court also directed the state government to pay Rs 6 lakh as compensation to the rape survivor.
According to case details, Patat and Kachot had raped the minor over five times after calling her at their residence in a village in Talala taluka. Kachot had promised the girl that he would marry her. The duo had threatened to kill her family if she told about their acts to anybody.
Down the Line in Western Riding
Down the Line in Western Riding Slow your mind for clean lead changes ‘down the line’ in western riding with this drill from AQHA Professional Horseman Leonard Berryhill. (Credit: Journal photos)
In AQHA’s
western riding patterns, riders weave back and forth across the arena with plenty of time to change leads.
But in every pattern, at some point, the rider must go down the line, changing leads more frequently between closely set cones.
For some, it’s terrifying. I’d like to share why it doesn’t have to be.
Slow It Down
Rajkot: The luscious kesar mango is likely hit the markets a tad late this season.
Farmers claim prolonged monsoon and bouts of unseasonal rain has delayed the ripening of the fruits. Mango growers and agriculture experts said that quality kesar mangoes are expected to arrive in the market after May 15.
Farmers are also praying there is no cyclonic condition in April-May which could potentially harm the fruit. Usually,
Kesar mango is cultivated on 20,000 hectares of land in Gir-Somnath, Junagadh and Amreli districts. The average crop per season is two lakh metric tonne. This year, looking at the flowering, it’s believed that production is expected to be around two lakh tonne subject to no extreme weather conditions in next four to five months.
Video grab of the incident where one of the accused is seen toying the lioness with a live chicken
RAJKOT: In a landmark judgement, a court in Gir-Somnath district on Monday convicted seven persons for harassing Asiatic lions and sentenced six of them to three years imprisonment and one person to one-year jail term.
The court also ordered the district collector to take possession of the forest settlement village land of Ilyaas Hoth where the illegal lion show was organized on the night of May 18, 2018.
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