INDIA
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A local court today sentenced a priest to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for “outraging the modesty” and attempting to rape a 12-year-old girl at Dunneke village in Moga in December last year.
District and Sessions judge Karamjit Singh Kang convicted the priest Patwinder Singh on charges of attempt to rape and outraging the minor girl’s modesty.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the accused and in case of default, he will have to serve an additional three months in jail.
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