Man sentenced to 30 years in jail for raping son’s wife in Mirpur
A Dhaka tribunal today (October 11, 2022) sentenced a 40-year-old man to 30 years' rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over raping his daughter-in-law (son's wife) in the capital's Mirpur in February, 2020.
Judge Begum Mafroza Parvin of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-8 of Dhaka handed down the sentence in presence of the convict Md Ibrahim Khalil alias Khalil at the court.
In the judgment, the judge said the accused had committed heinous offences by raping his own daughter-in-law and so, he cannot get any mercy from the court.
The tribunal also fined the convict Tk 1,00,000, in default of which he will have to serve six more months in jail.
Earlier, the prosecution and the defence completed their arguments and the tribunal recorded statements of nine prosecution witnesses, including the complainant of the case.
According to the case statement, it was alleged that the accused raped the victim on the night of February 19, 2020 when she was sleeping at their residence in Dhaka's Mirpur area.
Following the incident, the victim filed a case against Khalil with Mirpur Model Police Station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
After an investigation, police submitted a charge sheet against Khalil on March 16 last year.
The tribunal framed charges against the accused on March 16 this year.
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