AGRA, Sept. 30 -- The fast-track court for crime against women in Mathura on Monday sentenced Harendra Kumar, a local resident, to 10 years of imprisonment for raping and cheating a foreign national. His mother, Leela Devi, also known as Neelam, 70, was convicted for colluding with her son in cheating and forgery.

Additional sessions judge Sushil Kumar passed the order after convicting both accused on September 22. Harendra Kumar was convicted under sections 376 (rape), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of documents), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using forged documents as genuine), 120B (criminal conspiracy), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC. Leela Devi was held guilty under sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B.

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