This Article is From Mar 03, 2012

Madrasa teacher gets 10-year rigorous imprisonment for rape

Karimnagar: A sessions court awarded 10 years rigorous imprisonment to a 34-year-oldseminary teacher for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl student at the residential school.

Principal sessions court judge P Sreesudha after examining as many as 16 witnesses convicted Mohammad Younus Noumani for rape and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000.

The judge also directed that Rs 9000 out of Rs 10,000 be paid to the victim as compensation while asking the districtcollector to sanction Rs 1 lakh to the teenager.

According to prosecution, the victim, a student of Darul Salehin Madrasa Residential School was summoned by Noumani tohis room on January 10, 2010 where she was raped.
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